They were tonight.Their stepfather loved them. He couldn't imagine any father loving his children more. In the two years he'd known them, they'd slipped inside his guard and claimed his heart. He couldn't imagine living without them, but he was afraid there wouldn't be very many more evenings like this. The hurt wasn't going away. It wasn't even fading as most things did with a little time.When Ashley came into the room and sat beside him, Brad looked up and her and nodded civilly. He didn't smile and he didn't reach out for her, as he would have a month ago. Ashley sat a few inches from him, careful not to touch him lest he move further away from her. It had happened more than once over the past few weeks."I have to tell you some things," Ashley said after a while. She didn't look at her husband but she could sense a sudden tension in him. He didn't reply but he inclined his head to listen."I... I called Ann and Floyd today," she said quietly. Brad said nothing, but the foot he'd. To those authorized to walk the Path, currently only the Guards and Priests and their ‘guests’, the Priesthood had issued a charm. Her brother, as all the guards, wore it proudly above his armor or clothing – a delicate necklace of braided white metal upon which was inscribed the glyph of god. The Priesthood wore it similarly, displayed proudly over their robes. Only the charm allowed the Gate guards to perform their sacred duty. Only the charm allowed them to cross the various Gate barriers.She had no charm. She could cross the barriers anyway. She never even noticed any resistance. As a matter of fact, the first time she’d walked the Gate Path, she hadn’t even known about the barriers. Her brother had almost fallen down, dead, when she’d walked up to him while he was on duty. He explained the enchantments, marveling she had made it through alive.She’d never even felt any resistance. The second time she’d done it, he’d wanted to take her to the priests, to show them what she could do.
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