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was stiff. тАЬI am not going to leave you. I refused even the
wealth of Hel and all the pigs in it for your sake. You are
going to have to learn to live with me.тАЭ
тАЬItтАЩs difficult enough just trying to live,тАЭ he
murmured, without thinking, then flushed. But her mouth
twitched. He reached across to her, took her hand. тАЬFor
one silver boar bristle, I would take you to Hed and spend
the rest of my life raising plow horses in east Hed.тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩll find you a boar bristle.тАЭ
тАЬHow do I marry you, in this land?тАЭ
тАЬYou canтАЩt,тАЭ she said calmly, and his hand slackened.
тАЬWhat?тАЭ
тАЬOnly the king has the power to bind his heirs in
marriage. And my father is not here. So weтАЩll have to
forget about that until he finds the time to return home.тАЭ
тАЬBut, RaederleтАФтАЭ
She pitched a sliver of mortar across the tail feathers
of a passing crow, causing it to veer with a squawk. тАЬBut
what?тАЭ she said darkly.
тАЬI canтАЩt... I canтАЩt walk into your fatherтАЩs land, trouble
the dead as I have, nearly commit murder his hall, then
take you away with me to wander through the realm
without even marrying you. What in HelтАЩs name will your
father think of me?тАЭ
 тАЬWhen he finally meets you, heтАЩll let you know. What
I think, which is more to the point, is that my father has
meddled enough with my life. He may have foreseen our
meeting, and maybe even our loving, but I donтАЩt think he
should have his own way in everything. IтАЩm not going to
marry you just because he maybe foresaw that, too, in
some dream.тАЭ
тАЬDo you think it was that, behind his strange vow
about PevenтАЩs Tower?тАЭ he asked curiously.
тАЬForeknowledge?тАЭ
тАЬYou are changing the subject.тАЭ
He eyed her a moment, considering the subject and
her flushed face. тАЬWell,тАЭ he said softly, casting their
future to the winds over the dizzying face of the tower, тАЬif
you refuse to marry me, I donтАЩt see what I can do about it.
And if you choose to come with meтАФif that is what you
really wantтАФI am not going to stop you. I want you too
much. But IтАЩm terrified. I think we would have more hope
of survival falling head first off this tower. And at least,
doing that, weтАЩd know where we were going.тАЭ
Her hand lay on the stones between them. She lifted
it, touched his face. тАЬYou have a name and a destiny. I
can only believe that sooner or later you will stumble
across some hope.тАЭ
тАЬI havenтАЩt seen any so far. Only you. Will you marry
me in Hed?тАЭ