When Love Was A Trial

, I was less

her Aethelings looked at me with a mixture of pity and contempt. A

ection to the dirt and plants they floated so far abov

alked through a glowing garden. "He still

th things I didn' t want. She thought com

Aethelings' power, a dazzling display of magic and light. Caelus was the center of it

me gone.

nly choked, clutching his throat. He col

" someon

de, her face a mask of terror. Caelus

tly a

ter for the crowd. A glowing arrow of light s

me. The whispers stopped. There was

mething terrible. All her lingering sentiment, all her guilt, va

d the assembly. Her voice ran

me with utter contempt. "Petty, scheming mortals. They bite the

was true. She didn't need

think he could b

ence herself, her voic

w of Whispers. Let him

was a place of legend, a prison from which no one, not even an A

lings, seized my arms. As they dragged

voice quiet but carrying in the sudden s

t the weakened form of Caelus, her hand prot

the final