Chapter Seven

After mass everyone piled out. Lady O'Sirius stayed a little while after for it was her first time there. The priests and nuns were really nice to her. One of the nuns was even kind enough to show her around the church. In one hall they came across a beautiful organ.

Salean walked over to it. "It's beautiful." She said gently toughing the rim of it.

"Nobody has played it in years. It has been collecting dust since then."

Salean looked at the nun. "Oh, may I?"

The nun smiled and nodded. "By all means please do. This place needs some hope." She paused. "I am sorry but I must leave you. Will you be alright alone?"

"Yes. Thank you." The nun left. Salean sat down at the organ and dusted off the keys. Then she started to play a most enchanted melody. The melody echoed through the long halls and throughout the entire church. It sounded perfect.

After a few moments of playing her song she had a feeling that she was being watched. She turned around and behind her in the doorway was the knight, Vladislaus. He had been listening for a while. When she turned and looked at him, he smiled. "I am sorry for interrupting you my lady. I did not mean to." He walked over to her. "If you don't mind me asking, were did you learn that melody?"

She slid over in her seat. "Please sit." He sat next to her and she started to play again. "When I was a young child, my mother would play this song to me and I would fall asleep to it." She continued to play. "When I got a little older, she finally taught it to me."

He listened to her song for a moment. "It's beautiful." He said looking at her.

She continued to play and watch her fingers as they glided across the keys. "It reminds me of her." She took a deep breath but continued her song. "She died about six months ago. Right after her death, my father sent me here. The only thing he told me was that his good friend had asked for my hand in marriage."

Vladislaus looked at her left hand to find a huge diamond was there. He was shattered. He didn't know what to say. This woman, his angel, was married. "Do you love him?" Was the only thing he wanted to know.

That stopped her playing. She looked down at the keys and said nothing for a moment. "With love you are suppose to be happy and enjoy every moment with that person."

Vladislaus picked up her chin and looked into her gorgeous eyes. "Are you happy with him, or enjoy his companionship?"

Salean got up and walked to a window in the corner of the room. Vladislaus stood next to her. Wanting to hold her and make her sorrow go away. He wanted to make her happy. She stared out the window at the beautiful ice land.

After a few moments she finally spoke. "I find myself irritated by his very presence." She paused for a moment. "All he wants is for me to be in his bed when he wants me to. This man has no love. Just lust." She quickly added. "The only love he has is for himself."

"It must be terrible." She turned to Vladislaus and looked into his dark eyes. He caressed the side of her face with is hand.

Then she looked down. "I am sorry. I must go now, before my lord gets upset with me."

Salean walked out. Vladislaus watched her ever so close. He wanted to make everything all better for her. She was his angel, but he could not have her. She was someone else's and his work, the Holy Order, would not allow it.

She stood in the hall outside the door for a moment. Just thinking of Vladislaus. He had made her feel so calm. Everything about him, was like a dream. But she was married and that was stuck in her mind. She could never be with him.

As that ran through her mind she herd from inside the room the song her mother played. When she looked around the corner Vladislaus was sitting at the organ playing it, just as she did. He knew her mother's song and played it perfectly. She could feel the tears in her eyes. Then slowly one dropped and rolled down her smooth cheek. She left not making a sound.