Magic's Price (2010)
Magic's Price
“thought you’d be pleased,” Jisa said sullenly. “You know how we feel about each other. I thought you would understand.”
Vanyel counted to ten, and sighted on a point just above Jisa’s head. They weren’t alone; the priest was trying to talk Shavri around, Treven hovered right at Jisa’s elbow, and there were at least half a dozen servants in the room. It wouldn’t do to strangle her.
The only blessing was that Arved and Joshe were gone, which meant two less edgy tempers in a room full of tension.
...“Whatever gave you the idea that I’d be pleased?” he asked. “And why should I understand?”
“Because you were willing to defy everything and everyone to have Tylendel,” she replied, maddeningly. “You know what it’s like to be lifebonded!” :Father,: she continued in Mindspeech, :We’ve done everything else anyone ever asked of us. Why should we have to give up each other? And why can’t you see our side of it?: He wanted to argue that her case was entirely different—that Tylendel was only an ordinary Herald-Mage trainee, that neither he nor ‘Lendel was the Heir to the Throne— But he couldn’t.MoreLess
Vanyel counted to ten, and sighted on a point just above Jisa’s head. They weren’t alone; the priest was trying to talk Shavri around, Treven hovered right at Jisa’s elbow, and there were at least half a dozen servants in the room. It wouldn’t do to strangle her.
The only blessing was that Arved and Joshe were gone, which meant two less edgy tempers in a room full of tension.
...“Whatever gave you the idea that I’d be pleased?” he asked. “And why should I understand?”
“Because you were willing to defy everything and everyone to have Tylendel,” she replied, maddeningly. “You know what it’s like to be lifebonded!” :Father,: she continued in Mindspeech, :We’ve done everything else anyone ever asked of us. Why should we have to give up each other? And why can’t you see our side of it?: He wanted to argue that her case was entirely different—that Tylendel was only an ordinary Herald-Mage trainee, that neither he nor ‘Lendel was the Heir to the Throne— But he couldn’t.MoreLess
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