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It was odd seeing what amounted to two horizons as the sun set.
One was the usual horizon, the far trees and perhaps a city in the distance silhouetted by the fading hot sun. Then there was the unnatural up and down horizon of the cliff face, part of the sun being cut off and making a right angle to the usual horizon in the West.
Laun watched the sun and marveled at the difference in the way things could be seen. Now that she had just a little bit of information, she saw other things in a different perspective, too.
Gems child had been calm and able to sleep on the last leg of the second day’s journey. That allowed Edgar to mount and ride next to his Lady and Wife. Gem needed to get out of the carriage, too, and not just because of her girl. Everyone was cranky and everyone needed a scrub down from the heat sweat. She was riding among the military, too, enjoying the fresher air, and the few handsome faces she saw under the helmets.
Laun remembered the look as she glanced back. Gem’s face scowled fractionally before she dropped back in the pack. Laun looked in the direction that Gem had and saw the Marquis riding up through the soldiers towards Edgar and Laun.
Laun thought over the last two days and saw that he had been trying to catch her alone, trying to get her attention. She was now so used to people approaching her that she did not see patterns unless she was actively looking for them. He had a pattern, and he was weaving another strand in right then. »Read More