The Birth (Part 3 of 5)


"I can't put it off any longer, can I?" I asked Wiseman.
"No, Cassandra....that would not be wise at all. This must be done. And it must be done tonight" he answered."If we are to save the babe and you, it has to be tonight. I fear we may have tarried too long already."
" I don't want to leave...I don't want to leave you." I said, with tears in my eyes and a tightness in my chest."That is why I've waited to go... I've been so happy here....happier than I've ever been in my life...the life I had before I stepped into Tristram that day three years ago...these last few months with you ....it's all been.... it's who I am now!....I can't go back!"

Wiseman, stepped forward and wrapped me in  his strong and powerful arms, drawing me into the saftey of his mage circle of power, "we don't know if going thru with this will mean that you have to go back, we cannot know for sure until it is finished and he is destroyed...we must cling to the love that we have found here together, you,the babe and me..that gives us more strength and power that any we could have alone..we must have faith Cass. I love you and I will do all within my powers to see that you have what your heart wants you to have."

I was able to draw strength from those words...from his arms and his love..."I love you too, my Wiseman. I couldn't do this without you" Taking a deep breath and holder him tighter to me than ever before I said" I'm ready! Let's get this over with and we can then begin our lives together!"

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