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Beyond My Knowing, chapter 25
”He wants to kill you?” Lanam asked her brother as Kes worked diligently to tie Artem up securely with her climbing rope. Lanam was in Anara’s lap on her and her wife’s bed, Tresit sitting on the edge of his and Lanam’s bed facing them as they talked.
”He does… He has a good reason for it though…” Tresit explained. ”I killed his father. Anyone would feel the same in his place…”
”But… uncle Tulk was bad, wasn’t he?” Lanam asked.
”He was. He left us to die, and mother thinks he also killed father and uncle Ralka… I suppose that we’ll never know beyond doubt if he truly was guilty of it or not though…” Tresit trailed off, a certain sort of resignation clear in his voice.
”He was though…” Kes told them, turning away from Artem as she finished what she’d had to do. Tresit met her eyes in surprise, but didn’t say anything. She got up and went over to him and sat next to him, and he turned to keep eye contact with her. Anara already knew what she was about to tell him of course, and she could feel her wife’s conflicted feelings about the whole matter. She hadn’t really processed it all yet, Kes could tell. She could understand that easily of course, she knew she’d need time to deal with all of this too. ”I saw it in Lingen’s mind before I took his life…” She told him softly. ”He and Tulk and a man named Yanjik, they were guilty… of killing your father and uncle, and of, of other things too…”
She saw relief and sadness wash over Tresit’s face both at the news. He didn’t speak though, he just looked over at Anara and Lanam a long moment before dropping his gaze to the floor.
”So… if he was bad, then we can just tell cousin about that, and he won’t want to kill brother anymore?” Lanam asked hopefully in a small sounding voice. Kes could tell she wasn’t quite sure whether to believe her own words or not though. ”Or, is cousin Artem bad also?” She asked, sounding like she didn’t want any of this to be true at all. Kes knew the feeling, all too well by this point.
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dunnthat says
I agree with LANAM,if ARTEM was shown love then maybe he wouldn’t want to hurt them.KES was right in telling TRESIT who killed his father/uncle whereby relieving him of guilt at having killed his uncle.Rest and regroup KES tomorrow will be here before you know it.thanks
Blackbird says
Every time I read words to this effect, or hear them in a movie, ”Everything will be alright.” I always wonder, but will it?
I enjoyed your story, and getting these characters you are sending our way. Thank you, Blackbird