Chapter Two
'The wedding isn't going to be happening,' Halt told the Baron, the next day. Baron Arald had been sitting peacefully at his desk reading reports until Halt had started talking.
After jumping high into the air, Arald though about it. 'Why not?' I thought that two people couldn't be more suited to each other?'
'That's what I thought as well,' Halt said and sat down.
'Go for it,' Arald muttered.
'Go for what?' Halt asked.
'Nothing,' he replied. 'Do you know what has caused them to suddenly separate? It wasn't Will, I can tell you that much, but all I could tell was that Alyss was well and truly fed up with him, I don't know why and Will certainly couldn't tell me,' Halt explained.
Baron Arald sat and thought for a while. He slowly went through all the possibilities he could think of for a engaged couple to split just before their wedding, and none of them seemed likely.
'Has he been seeing anyone else? Even talking to?' Arald asked Halt.
'No,' Halt replied. 'Only people like Jenny and Cassandra, who are both married, or happily with someone.'
'That was the only thing I could come up with,' Arald admitted.
'I got no further,' Halt said and rested one elbow on the table and propped his head on that.
'We have to see what is going to happen now,' said Arald.
'I hate doing that,' admitted Halt.
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'Alyss,' Will begged for the twentieth time. 'Tell me what I did wrong and I will fix it,'
'How do you know that you can fix it?' she snapped back and slammed the door in his face yet again. Will's mouth dropped open and then he shook himself out of it.
Well I did warn her that I was going to stay on her door step until she tells me, he thought and then sat down next to her door.
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Halt wandered around looking for Will, who knew what he would get up to. He wasn't with Tug and he wasn't shooting arrows or throwing his knives as he sometimes did when he had a lot to think about. As a last resort, he walked to Alyss' quarters.
And there Will was, asleep leaning against the wall.
'Will,' Halt whispered and shook his ex-apprentice awake. 'If you need to sleep, come somewhere else, just in case she slams her door open.
'I wouldn't mind, Halt,' Will replied. 'Maybe then she could see the love I have for her.'
'Come somewhere else?' a shake of the head no. 'At least to sleep then?' another no.
Halt gave up and sat down next to him. 'I am getting way too old to be doing this,' he muttered.
'Not that its comfortable for someone my age as well,' Will replied and lent back against the wall again to go to sleep.
Halt shrugged and joined him.
After jumping high into the air, Arald though about it. 'Why not?' I thought that two people couldn't be more suited to each other?'
'That's what I thought as well,' Halt said and sat down.
'Go for it,' Arald muttered.
'Go for what?' Halt asked.
'Nothing,' he replied. 'Do you know what has caused them to suddenly separate? It wasn't Will, I can tell you that much, but all I could tell was that Alyss was well and truly fed up with him, I don't know why and Will certainly couldn't tell me,' Halt explained.
Baron Arald sat and thought for a while. He slowly went through all the possibilities he could think of for a engaged couple to split just before their wedding, and none of them seemed likely.
'Has he been seeing anyone else? Even talking to?' Arald asked Halt.
'No,' Halt replied. 'Only people like Jenny and Cassandra, who are both married, or happily with someone.'
'That was the only thing I could come up with,' Arald admitted.
'I got no further,' Halt said and rested one elbow on the table and propped his head on that.
'We have to see what is going to happen now,' said Arald.
'I hate doing that,' admitted Halt.
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'Alyss,' Will begged for the twentieth time. 'Tell me what I did wrong and I will fix it,'
'How do you know that you can fix it?' she snapped back and slammed the door in his face yet again. Will's mouth dropped open and then he shook himself out of it.
Well I did warn her that I was going to stay on her door step until she tells me, he thought and then sat down next to her door.
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Halt wandered around looking for Will, who knew what he would get up to. He wasn't with Tug and he wasn't shooting arrows or throwing his knives as he sometimes did when he had a lot to think about. As a last resort, he walked to Alyss' quarters.
And there Will was, asleep leaning against the wall.
'Will,' Halt whispered and shook his ex-apprentice awake. 'If you need to sleep, come somewhere else, just in case she slams her door open.
'I wouldn't mind, Halt,' Will replied. 'Maybe then she could see the love I have for her.'
'Come somewhere else?' a shake of the head no. 'At least to sleep then?' another no.
Halt gave up and sat down next to him. 'I am getting way too old to be doing this,' he muttered.
'Not that its comfortable for someone my age as well,' Will replied and lent back against the wall again to go to sleep.
Halt shrugged and joined him.