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.”“Okay.I’m almost there.”“Look for large gatherings.”I nodded and continued with my vision.I passed a few villages that didn’t have much commotion and came up onto a curious one with a little more foot traffic in the streets.I looked around a little more where people were headed and finally came up on them.I was happy at first until I got a better look.They were in a wide open space like an eatery but were completely surrounded by women.No other men were in sight.“See anything yet?” Adele asked.I kept my vision where it was and held out my hand.“Let me ask you a question.” Adele took my hand and I focused on showing her.“How many men do you see in this room?”I felt Adele’s grip get just a bit tighter and her voice expressed a calm anger.“Three.Those stupid skinny whores.You up for a trip?”“What do you mean a trip?”“They’re not too far away.I can get us there by nightfall.”I was silent as I looked upon Troy sitting among all the women and even young girls.I knew deep down that nothing has or will happen but I submitted to jealousy like Adele and brought the image back.“When do we leave?”“Now.Get what you need.I’ll take you on foot.”“But what about Ruby?”Adele paused and let out a saddened sigh.“Oh, yeah.She’s too sick to come, isn’t she? She has to stay here, I guess.”“It’s still okay if we go.I’ve been trying but nothing has been working.The baby takes back whatever health I can give her.”“Yeah.” Adele muttered, feeling the sadness from talking about Ruby’s condition.“I suppose it wouldn’t matter if we weren’t here.”“So, which one of us is going to tell Izin?”“He probably won’t like it, will he?”“I guess that means you’ll be telling him.” I smiled innocently.“All right.” Adele laughed.“Get your stuff and pack mine too.I’ll be busy.”Chapter 31AdeleIt saddened me these days to talk about Ruby but now I had to try and convince Izin to let us go.This would be a big challenge indeed and I waited in there for a bit longer, just thinking of what I would say.I went for it.I knew exactly where he would be at this time in the morning and walked to his room on the first floor.Kathryn came to the door when I knocked and was surprised to see me.“Oh, Adele! Good morning.I wasn’t expecting to see you.”“I know.Sorry about that.Is Izin available? I need to speak with him.”“He’s just finishing up in the bathhouse.You can wait inside if you’d like.I was just going to the dining hall.”“Thanks.”Kathryn smiled and nodded as she passed and I entered the room, closing the door.I walked in farther and paced around, waiting.I was in this room again.It didn’t frighten me as much as it used to since I found out the things that happened in here was all a dream but I still felt like I shouldn’t have been in here like this.Movement came from the bathhouse and Izin walked out, buttoning up his shirt.“Adele, what are you doing in here?”“Sorry if this is intruding.Kathryn said I could wait in here for you.”“It’s quite all right.What do you need? Are you okay?”“Yeah, I’m fine.I was just speaking with Jaylyn and we were thinking about taking a brief trip outside the walls.”“Yes.You know you can go outside of the palace walls with an escort.”“I know that but we were kind of talking about the city walls.”That caught his attention like I didn’t want and he immediately stopped what he was doing.“No.Absolutely not.”“Izin, please.It’s been weeks and we want to—”“Adele, no.You already know that it’s not a good time for you.You may be months away from giving birth but that doesn’t mean you can be reckless about your time so no.”“Maybe I wasn’t asking you.”Izin’s eyes narrowed and he looked me over, trying to figure out my angle because I have yet to tell him.“And where do you plan on going?”“South.”“Ah, I see.You plan to disrupt Zayden’s work?”“Not disrupt.We just want to see them.”“He’s days away and even if I allowed you to go, you know you couldn’t spend your nights outside in the dirt no matter how civilized you can make it seem.You need proper care and things you can’t get out there.”“Okay but we know exactly where they are and can get there by tonight where there will be services to care for us in the way we need.”“Wait.How will you get there by tonight? There’s no way they’re that close.”I hesitated but knew he should understand.“Well, I—ah—I have Zayden’s gifts.”Izin’s eyes immediately shot down to my stomach.“Because of the baby?”“Yes.It will work.I just want to be with him tonight.I promise I won’t distract him.We’ll be back by tomorrow evening and he’ll finish on schedule.”“Adele, listen to me.I know how much you miss him but you really shouldn’t be going anywhere.I’m telling you this for my own concern.You don’t know what a trip like that would do to you.I’ve been on them with Zayden and he’s always worn out by the end.You can’t have that right now.Stay.You only have weeks left before he’s home.”I knew he was going to say no but hearing it like that saddened me.“But I need him.”“And he’ll come home to you soon.I promise that.You know it would be better for you to stay.Think about that.Think of Seth.”I knew he was right but it’s been so long since I really gotten to see him and all I could seem to think about was him being surrounded by all those other women.“But what if he forgot about me?”Izin smiled and started taking steps closer to me.“Adele, you should know better.He left his country to be with you.That says something.He would never forget about you [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]