¿ªÔÆÌåÓýOthers ¡°The despair of his words the anguish in his eyes touched her the very depth of her soul. She knew he was lost, for she had seen the extend of all that he spoke when she arrived. When she learned the child has not lived, she knew Kirstene would be beyond consolation. And yet she was not prepared to see what she saw. Her once strong sister with the sitting in a rocking chair in one of the turrets, holding a baby blanking humming a soft tune which she knew was the lullaby she sang to her belly every night. The?light in her eyes was gone. Callum looked to better. At his confession, she took him in her arms and simply held him. ¡° I am sorry Callum. I can see the pain in yer eyes. I promise. I will do all I can to bring it back ta yer.¡± (Callum, Jaimie) The feeling of a woman in his arms again for the first time in months was warm and comforting. To hold and to be held.? He had missed those simple pleasures more than he realized.? Without thinking, he held Arowyn closer still, conscious only of the fact that she was alive and there for him when his wife, so lost in her grief, was not.? His thoughts, centered as they were on the moment he was sharing, were suddenly disrupted by the sound of a young voice coming up from behind. "Och, thare yer m' laird," Jaimie said, speaking a little louder than he'd intended.? He quickly turned his head to the side, feeling distinctly uncomfortable to have walked up on what might have been an intimate moment between his master and his lady's sister.? Behind him, the large black stallion he was holding by the reins huffed impatiently, while a young dog explored the stones of the ruins, sniffing at them in curiosity.? "Ah thought mibbie ye micht be wanting tae tak' a hurl aroond th' estate," the young Scot ventured, keeping a grip on the reins. "Tae... Tae keep an yak yin hings." The boy looked apologetic as he ducked his head towards Arowyn.? "Ah didnae ken ye wur 'ere, mistress arowyn, or a'd hae brought th' mare." Tag - Scheherezade Translations of Jaimie-speak: "Ah, there you are my lord." "I thought perhaps you might be wanting to take a ride around the estate. To... to keep an eye one things.? I didn't know you were here, Mistress Arowyn, or I'd have brought the mare." |
