The Sorcerer's Bride

Zylvia enjoyed it when Kaldrek walked beside her as she went to her daily talk and sew session with Fayre . She held his arm in a possessive manner not willing to let him go when they finally arrived .

She only let him go once he gave her a deep kiss that made her toes curl and her brain go blissfully blank .

Even though she had let him go she did not go in yet, instead she gazed at her husband intently . Drinking him in with a huge grin on her face . Even after knowing him so long she still could not get enough of looking at him, especially his eyes . The grey orbs always looked so deep and they entranced her .

She reached out her hand and touched his ear, feeling it twitch in her fingers . But he did not pull away, instead he smiled at her brightly .

His ears had always entranced her as well, they seemed so expressive, and she loved watching how they would twitch and perk up when he was happy . It was also interesting how they lowered if he felt down .

She stepped closer to him, looking him in the eye . She could hear how his breathing slowed to match her own .

He leaned into the fingers near his face, a grin spreading across his face . She moved even closer to him and placed her lips on his .

They were interrupted by a girlish voice, "Are you two really doing this in front of me?"

Zylvia jumped back from her husband and looked at Hazel . The young woman had a c.o.c.ked eyebrow and looked amused . Her knight stood beside of her and seemed not really to care what he had just seen .

"Uh… Well, I did not really realize you were there… . " Zylvia managed to stammer out . Kaldrek let out a soft chuckle and kissed her cheek before releasing her and stepping away .

"C"mon . " Hazel laughed and walked to the door, "Let"s go in . "

Jayesh and Fayre were sitting together . Whatever they had been talking about, they stopped when the door opened . Jayesh squeezed his wife"s hand and then stood up to leave, placing a kiss on her lips before he did .

Fayre watched her husband leave and then looked at the two women who had just joined her . She blinked a little, "Zylv? Why are you blushing?"

Zylvia blushed even harder at the question, while Hazel went off in giggles, "She and Kaldrek were kissing in the hallway and I caught them . "

"Ah . I see . " Fayre laughed happily, "That would do it . Zylv gets awfully shy about her relationship with her husband . "

"Stop, please . " Zylvia shifted uncomfortably . "Do you have to tease me?"

Fayre looked at her blankly for a minute, "Yes, I believe I do . "

A sigh came from Zylvia"s mouth at her friend"s words . Hazel was laughing even harder now . Ah, well . At least they were enjoying themselves . Zylvia could handle a bit of teasing .

Besides being with Kaldrek was worth all the teasing they threw at her . She tuned them out for a bit and daydreamed about her husband instead .

Hazel"s question brought her back, "So, both of you are going to have a baby right? I was wondering what names you all are looking at?"

"Well, we are not really sure I am pregnant," Zylvia protested weakly .

"Depends on if it is a boy or girl . " Fayre smiled happily, her hand moving to rest on her abdomen .

"Well, Zylv . Sooner or later you will be pregnant, even if it is not now . So you should start picking names, right?"

"I should probably talk with Kaldrek about it . " She smiled wryly, "I would not really want to pick out names without his input . "

"Fair enough . " Hazel grinned, "So do you have a name picked out for either gender, Fayre?"

Fayre answered her happily, telling her the two names she and Jayesh had settled on . Zylvia smiled to herself at her friend"s happy glow .

Life was pretty good . Zylvia loved the fact that she was surrounded by friends . And that she was starting to get a real family as well . It was these relationships with other people that made life interesting and fun .

Zylvia could not imagine how terrible it would be to live life all alone, with no friends and no one to talk to and care about . Friendship was important and it was necessary .

And yet some people did . It was one of the horrors of Nix"Ryl . The way people lived all alone, not even able to trust family . How did anyone survive there?