“Kedryn returns!” he bellowed. “And the Lady Wynett with him! The kyo, too!”

  Rycol slithered to a stop beside him, staring in wonder at the mass of warriors. “Peace feathers?” he asked, disbelievingly.

  Barris Edon saluted the chatelain and bowed to the Paramount Sister, whose descent was, he felt, most unbecoming to one of Estrevan.

  “Peace feathers!” she cried, clutching Rycol’s arm, her ageless face split by a huge smile. “They are safe! They have won!”

  To the amazement of both soldiers she promptly clambered over the breastwork of rocks and, her skirts lifted high, proceeded to scamper down the slope, her laughter loud on the summer air.

  “Praise the Lady!” Barris Edon heard her shout. “Praise the Lady you are come back safe.”

  Rycol bellowed orders for his archers to put up their shafts and further surprised Barris by following the Paramount Sister. The soldier could not hear what was said, but from the smiles he could see, he guessed that the news was good. Indeed, the very air felt suddenly fresher, and as he watched Kedryn embrace Wynett he thought they made a decidedly handsome couple, ideal rulers of the Three Kingdoms. He was not sure what duty had taken them into the Beltrevan, nor what caused such joy to lighten their faces, even the stem-featured kyo beaming mightily, but somehow he felt certain that a new age dawned.

  Beaming himself, Barris Edon sheathed his sword and began to cheer, his cry taken up by his fellows so that soon the Lozins rang with their joyful shouts:

  “Hail Kedryn! Hail Wynett!”

  “And praise the Lady,” Kedryn whispered against Wynett’s cheek, holding her tight to him, her arm about his waist, her lovely face radiant.

  “Aye,” she answered. “May her blessings be with us always, and we always together.”

  And it seemed then that a calm voice spoke in both their minds, saying, “So shall it be.”

 

 

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