luinae
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Post by luinae on Mar 15, 2011 10:38:51 GMT 10
Title: News (The Last Conte) Rating: PG Word Count: 188 pairing: Kalasin/Wyldon Fight: 1/C Summary: News of Tusaine's recent conquest of Tortall reaches Carthak. character death. Part of journeycat's "The Last Conte" Universe.
Normally, a ship carrying prominent members of the Tortallan nobility would be welcomed with great pomp and circumstance. But now that Tortall was just an outpost of Tusaine, and information out of the country was severely restricted, the only person who watched the ship come in was a tall woman standing at the edge with hollow eyes.
She was Kalasin, Empress of Carthak, and all she wanted from that ship was news of her family.
When Wyldon of Cavall came off the ship, rubbing his wounded arm, she fled into his arms. “Wyldon,” she whispered, remembering when they had known each other back in Corus. “My family? What’s happened to my family?”
“Come on,” Wyldon said, putting an arm around her and leading her away. “I’ll tell you everything, I promise.”
“They’re dead, aren’t they?” Kalasin cried, her voice half wild with grief. “The Contes are gone! They’re all dead- Vania and Liam and Mama and Lianne-”
Wyldon wiped the tears off her face, peering into her Conte blue eyes and wiping her mother’s ink black hair from her face. “Not all gone,” he whispered. “Not all gone.”
QC by: jazzyjess
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Post by wordy on Mar 15, 2011 11:13:13 GMT 10
So sweet and sad.
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Post by journeycat on Mar 15, 2011 11:45:56 GMT 10
Ohhh, lovely - I love that Wyldon is the one to tell her about her family.
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luinae
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Post by luinae on Mar 15, 2011 11:47:15 GMT 10
Thanks!
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Post by jazzyjess on Mar 16, 2011 7:53:17 GMT 10
Very heartbreaking Fics in this universe are always so sad and touching!
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