Destiny's Rift

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Together they lay at the base of a tree, her head resting on his bare chest. They had only known each other a few days, yet already he felt entwined by her, his former life paled to grey memory. He worried that it was all a dream, that she might disappear into the trees as quickly as she’d arrived. Not to mention the other persistent worry …

‘What are you thinking about?’ she murmured, tangling her fingers in his beard.

‘I wonder if they search for me,’ said Corlas. ‘I was supposed to return to the Vale days ago.’

Mirrow sat up with a fiery look. ‘Return to the Vale?’

‘Aye. It gets noticed when a soldier disappears without explanation. Especially one high in the chain of command, as …’ As I was , he was going to say. Shouldn’t it be, as I am?

‘But you won’t go, will you?’

‘Not if you don’t want me to,’ he heard himself say, surprised by how naturally the answer came. Would he really abandon his post so readily, risking shame and punishment, for this girl he barely knew?

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