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    Beyond My Knowing, chapter 33

    She turned away and deliberately relaxed against the wall, closing her eyes and breathing, in and out, in and out.

    Her plan had another benefit. If Thalla kept to what she’d done before, she’d return here to sleep tonight and they’d be able to leave in the morning as soon as the men left for the mines once more and the city was again much emptied. Without Kes, and with her as tired as she was, searching for Thalla was out of the question. She didn’t want to consider what might happen if she got too far away from Kes. Could the distance break their connection? It was already less than it had been with Kes in the state she was. And, even if the connection held, the distance would have to put strain on it… and Kes had been put under more than enough strain as it had been…

    She sat there for long moments, not thinking, just feeling. Regret, longing, love, guilt…

    How would Kes see her now? Would… would what she’d done change things between them? She… didn’t want to think so, but… but she wanted to know. She wanted Kes to wake up and kiss her, touch her, gaze into her eyes, be with her and tell her that everything would be alright soon… That they were still all they had been, that she… that she still loved her as she had before…

    Her thoughts growing more and more miserable, she was glad for the distraction when Miteza woke next to her. ”…How was it for you?” Anara asked, hesitantly.

    Miteza blinked and smiled to herself. ”I had no idea…” She spoke softly.

    ”…No idea of what?” Anara asked gently.

    ”That… that love could be like that…” Miteza admitted. ”When… I was a girl… When Tulk and I…” She closed her eyes. ”I thought the world of him, do you know?” She spoke. ”I wanted nothing but to have him for myself. It wasn’t real… It was never real… It was such a bitter thing for me as I came to realize that truth. But what you and Kes have, I think maybe that’s what I wanted back then. Even though I had no words for it. I… I don’t know if I can be that to someone else… but I… want to be… At least I… want to be…”

    Anara took her sister’s hand. ”I have faith.” She told her.

    ”In the Eight, you mean?” Miteza asked. ”I know you always…” Miteza trailed off. She knew Anara’s faith in the old ways, in the Eight gods and goddesses, in the stories her mother had told her. She and Anara had talked about those things once, in the before. Before Tulk had shattered their family so…

    ”In the Eight, yes… but also in you.” She told her with quiet sincerity.

    She felt the warmth her words gave to her sister and Anara felt better.

    ”Come on.” Anara said. ”We shouldn’t sit down here with the dead, not for a minute more.” She told her, getting to her feet and offering her hand to her sister.

    Miteza took the offered hand and got to her feet too.

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    to be continued

    Comments

    1. LOVE,a powerful weapon when looking into the face that you fear the most .ANARA never hesitated to protect KES ,her wife from the face of danger .MITEZA realized what she thought she knew about love was not what she had .KES when pushed met the old woman head-on and won but not without punishing herself in the process.They need to go and quickly.One helluva post,thoroughly enjoyed reading this but keep them safe please.THANKS,ps.

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