The Mage's Heart
I heard the yells of the sailors and the creak as the sails were lowered.
“Sing, Siorin,” Rivyn commanded. I shed a tear as I began my little lyric about the wind, thinking of the ship skimming swiftly over the waves, towards the shore we had left behind the day before. I felt as if I left a part of me behind in the ocean. The keening faded as the ship picked up speed, the wind blowing with urgency and power. “Ease off a little, my love,” Rivyn breathed. “We don’t want the sails to rip.”
After a time, I had to stop singing, my throat dry. “What did you mean, he would have been my mate, in times past?” I asked him, my voice rough. I knew, oh I knew, but I needed him to say it.
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