![]() If I didn’t know better I’d swear she had a great deal of Norman blood in her veins. Agnus, a willow of a woman, kept her blonde locks safely tucked away. ![]() Gilbert stood shorter than his wife and me, but had a broad straight back and a head full of rusty brown hair. ![]() ![]() They wanted to help make the forest a safe place, a refuge for the simple folk who lived within its vast confines and they knew how to draw a bow with casual efficiency. Gilbert and Agnus were happy souls who married young but had not yet been blessed with children. Another man of fighting age with a wife, Gilbert and Agnus, joined us both of whom could fight and another woman called Alviva who remained silent on the walk and quite frankly scared me. John Little and the healer with a young man called Much, whose father had been the village miller until he died thanks to the sheriff’s tax collection methods. SIX SOULS JOINED US on the trek back to the escarpment. I understood Robin’s desire to wait until I felt safe before he took what I wanted to give, and I knew it was time, we just had to find the right place… A vivid dance in the eternity of existence and immediacy of passion, wrapped in the grace of trust. I had no doubt now that I loved him, when he held me the world moved on a different axis, one which made me feel safe and yet profoundly alive all at once. That night Robin cradled me in his arms and we slept in peace. ![]()
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