My eyes met hers as she slipped back down to stand on her feet and I saw the promise of her words reflected in the smoky depths of her sapphire eyes. This day had been long in the coming, but well worth the wait and I felt shaken inside at the depth of the Creator's understanding of me and His willingness to give me more than I could ever have asked for much less could ever have deserved.
The crowd was still thick around us, as they watched the tableau of something beautiful unfold that their worldly eyes could not understand, even though they clearly saw it. I drew my sword and they parted before me at the sight of the shimmering blade that snapped with color.
Striding out the way I had come in with Krista's hand on my arm I knew something the rest of the denizens of this unhappy place did not know. All the other doors had been closed and barred by a group of dark clad men numbering twelve. The door I was heading for was the only one left open.
"Sir! Sir!"
Rang out from behind me. I turned to see the auctioneer run up to us out of breath.
"You almost forgot this!" He said holding out the bill of sale to me.
They still didn't' get it!
I snatched it out of his hand, "Thanks!" I growled and he fled back down the aisle, as he saw the sword in my hand.
Arriving on the boardwalk outside the slave market house I whistled loudly and Flin bolted out of the side alley, where I had left him and mounted up onto the boardwalk.
The timbers shuddered loudly as he ran up the boardwalk to pull up in front of us.
"Roric?" Krista asked.
I turned to her, "Yes?"
"You forgot something in there."
I for the life of me couldn't imagine what that was. "What?"
"This!" She stood up on her tiptoes and threw her arms around my neck and kissed me with all the passion that I had remembered from our encounter on the beach and more.
I was just about to return the kiss, when she pushed away from me. I looked at her not understanding why she'd stopped things, yet again. Was she now going to slap me again?
I didn't think so, because she was looking up at me with a saucy little grin on her face, "There's more where that came from, but you'll have to wait till later!"
I shook my head smiling, as I lifted the little tease up behind the saddle. I got into the saddle and her arms closed tightly around me, which was a very good feeling.