Fourteen – 04

I took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, picking up the deck again, my hands tingling as I handled the cards. I fanned the deck, then started to shuffle them, taking slow, deep breaths as I did.

“Got your questions ready?” I asked Phelan softly.

He shifted, letting go of me and watching my hands, the tarot deck. “Déithe agus arrachtaigh, Marin. I never quite realized how strong your affinity for that deck is.”

I managed a thin, faint smile. “I’ve been seeing things since I was a little kid, Phelan,” I said softly. “Figuring out how to read a tarot deck was pretty much par for the course.”

“It’s not that.” He squeezed my shoulder gently. “It’s not that at all. Not everyone develops quite the connection that you clearly have with that deck—regardless of where their talents lie.”

A shiver crept down my spine, my hands going still. I stared at him, taking in his creased brow, the slight downturn to his lips.

“You’re worried.”

He nodded. “About a lot of things, leánnan. This is maybe a little less concerning than some other things since it doesn’t seem to do you any harm, so to speak.”

The laugh that escaped me was bitter and I shook my head. “No. Not really, anyway.” I took a slow, deep breath. “All right. I think I’m ready for you to ask the questions.”

The shrill of one of the lookout’s whistles echoed through the halls. Phelan shot to his feet and I dumped the cards to the side, wrapped in the cloth that usually shrouded the box.

“What now?” Phelan muttered a curse under his breath in his native tongue, heading for the door.

“Think it might have anything to do with the questions you wanted answered?” I asked him as I shoved my feet into my boots and grabbed my bow.

“I hope not,” he said with a shudder. “Déithe agus arrachtaigh, I sure as hell hope not. Don’t wait for me. I need to get my staff.”

“Four minutes by the fire.”

He nodded and we parted ways.

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One Response to Fourteen – 04

  1. shadocat says:

    Something might not want that question answered….

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