Chapter 104 - Where Is The King?

"Valerick." She said, letting the name roll off her tongue. "What does that mean?"

"It means brave. My mother named me that because I stayed."

Zezi turned the thoughts over in her mind, his mother must have struggled with childbirth. A struggle she herself could relate to. During her years with George she had tried to have a child of her own but it had unsuccessful. She wondered if that had been somehow related to their lack of fated bond.

His mother must have been really glad when she had eventually had him.

"You like it?"

"I do." She answered almost immediately.

No. She didn't, she absolutely didn't.

His smile broadened, "I like that you like it." With a sense of urgency, he added, "I really just leave now, but I will be back soon, as soon as I can make it. I promise." With that, he finally turned away.