The Sorcerer's Bride Chapter 102

Once their women folk left, Kaldrek turned and looked at his king . He knew that Jayesh had been fond of King Arrion, so he placed a comforting hand on his best friend's shoulder .

"We will avenge him," Kaldrek spoke in a quiet tone, "All the five kingdoms will . "

"Of course," Jayesh smiled wryly at him, "After all, he was the king of Lumna, and all the kingdoms were attacked apparently . And Arrion was beloved by all the civilized lands, even if his chosen queen was from Nix'Ryl . "

"He rescued her from Nix'Ryl," Kaldrek pointed out . "And she has changed, you know . She is no longer that totally wild thing who was totally self-centered . She may be worse at feelings than I am, but you saw the way she acted about his death . "
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"Yeah, I suppose," Jayesh frowned, "Since when have you been good at reading people?"

Kaldrek could not miss the teasing in his best friend's voice and grinned slightly, "I'm not . But it was hard to miss the way she acted whenever anyone mentioned her husband . I can tell signs of grief, and if she did not care about him at all she would not have been on the verge of tears . You can sometimes use logic to determine such things, you know . And I have always been good at logic . "

"I suppose that is true," Jayesh began to smile in a very teasing manner, "Which makes me wonder, why exactly would you never have logically picked up on the fact that Zylvia liked you? I mean, I know why Fayre and I never did but you did not have that distraction . "

Kaldrek could not stop the slight blush that crept up his skin and he sighed, "There is a rather big difference between grief and a girl being in love with me . She disguised it under friendship . And she is a rather loving gal in the first place . Far different than Queen Dawn . "

Jayesh sighed, "Well, anyway, we probably need to figure out which magic users to send . Any suggestions?"

Kaldrek thought about it for a moment, "Aldresh, Gysen, Fendrel . They are fairly good at magic and each of their specialties would come in useful . " Kaldrek would have offered to go himself if it was not for the fact he knew Jayesh would never allow it . He had duties that kept him here, no matter how curious he might be about the untamed lane of Nix'Ryl . And he would never disobey his

king .

"I knew you would have an idea of who to send . " Jayesh nodded, "Alright, then, I will send them a summons . "

Kaldrek smiled, knowing that his king counted on the fact that he always liked to keep a record of the different magic users in the kingdom and that they would often send him questions for research . The whole kingdom was aware of the Court Sorcerer's hobby of research and many of their magically inclined made use of his enthusiasm . As such he corresponded a lot with all sorts of spell casters .

They continued discussing what else they could do to provide assistance until night fell . Once night did fall, Jayesh leaned back and made a shooing motion with his hand, "Alright, go accompany your wife for the night . She'll probably love to spend some time with you . "

Kaldrek nodded as he stood up, "Alright, I'll see you tomorrow morning, then . Night, Jayesh"

Kaldrek smiled as he left the room, even though his mind was already turning to his lovely wife . Thoughts of his Zylvia made him want to hurry up and get to their room to wait for her . He felt rather impatient, and wanted nothing more at that moment than to scoop her up in his arms and to hold her close as she would let him . Which he knew would be rather close .

She was not in their room when he arrived which he had expected . So he sat on their bed and waited on her . He was not sure how long he waited, but when he saw the door opening, a huge smile lit up his face .

Seeing her enter, her red hair falling out of where he had tied it up for her in a way he found rather alluring, with her sparkling green eyes, his breath caught in his throat . She was so beautiful and she was his to hold till death did they part .

"Hey, Zylv," He whispered, standing up, not taking his eyes off of her .

She gave him that cheeky grin of hers and walked over to him, "Kaldrek . " Her sweet voice nearly made him melt on the spot, and he smiled at her .

She placed a slight kiss on his lips and then started to change her clothes . He walked over to her and picked her up in his arms brought her to bed .

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