I held her close and I could feel the warmth of her and the tremble between us. All of Vallia, then, all of Kregen, seemed of small moment, tiny, insignificant, beside my Delia, my Delia of Delphond, my Delia of the Blue Mountains…
“And you will fly for Hyrklana today?”
I could feel the growing heat of the Suns of Scorpio burning upon me.
“No, my heart. I do not think I shall leave today.”