Seanmháthair
has always frightened me. She is the fiercest woman I have ever come to know.
She rules the clan in such a way there is none to neither deny her decisions nor
question her authority. I have never understood how it is that a woman so stern
and deeply steeped in her convictions could ever know what it is to love
another. Annalicia and I are no
exceptions to the rule. Our lives have come to naught but groveling for a crumb
of affection, and resignation to the constant reminders of our lowly state in
the manor.
Seanmháthair’s
power and authority comes not from sorcery or magic, it comes at the end of her
tongue. Oh that sharp instrument of precision that cuts so deeply into the soul.
I know not which frightens me more the weapon Seanmháthair wields, or the
instruments of the men of science. It matters no more. One way or another, I shall
take my leave of this place, this hideous place of discord and deceit. I shall
return for Annalicia and we shall live happily ever after…far away from the
instruments of destruction.
If Mhathair would only plead for me to be
released from the family obligations, I know I shall be granted my only wish
and desire in this world. I shall find my name on the enrollment rosters of the
great College of Alnae and begin my quest there. It is surely by the will of He
Who Created All Things that this desire burns within my soul. It could be
naught else. If Seanmháthair is to deny me, then she shall deny him as well and
the risk be the same. Mhathair must make her understand. She must let me go.
The
stars shine in the heavens as if to say, “come hither and see”, yet they are so
far away; so very far away. I long for the lands of which Annalicia tells her
tales in the Butterfly Fields. These are the lands where the sun and moon do
not take turns ruling the day and the night. The moon does not exist; there is
only day; no sorrow or tears; the whole of the universe sings in adoration of
all that is, and ever will be. Ah, but they are
just another manifestation of the world in which Annalicia lives; a world in
which only she knows the true limitations.
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I hope you enjoyed this sneak preview into The Butterfly Fields which is due to be released this month! Have a wonderful and simple Saturday!
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