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Summary: An ambassador from a land across the seas pays a visit to Deltora and requests an audience with King Lief. However, when the ambassador is found dead the next morning things start to go wrong for Deltora. Post Sister of the South. LiefxJasmine
Last chapter: The ivy is cured and everyone in Del is celebrating. However, the story is not yet over…
"All who had been struck were healed and the ivy was irradiated. The plague of the poison ivy became a topic of gossip, then a memory, then a fireside story, and then only a chapter in a history book and finally for most, it was over.
However, for two others, the story was not yet complete."
Poison IvyChapter 7 Only a Tiny Bit Closer
Immediately after the ivy was cured the people of Del celebrated. The ill were instantly healed and all others were thankful for life and their loved ones. Lief stood smiling and laughing with all the rest, yet he felt as though something was missing, for him at least. The sharp night air caught him in the chest and he realised he had left his cloak up on the hill along with the vial. Checking to make sure no one would miss him, Lief slipped away to Southern Hill.
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When the barrier of Poison Ivy had collapsed in front of her Jasmine had felt an astonishing surge of pride and joy. She saw the people on the other side of the barrier, lifting their ill loved ones to their feet, now completely cured. She knew that the healing of the people on the other side of the barrier had been her doing. She had scrawled the note; painstakingly forming the letters with the stub of lead the man had given her. She had given the note to Kree and bidden him to carry it over the ivy; instructing him where to fly so he would not be struck down. For the first time in her life Jasmine felt as though she had accomplished something by herself, with no outside help. And best of all, it was in an area she had thought she could never achieve in.
Despite her happiness, Jasmine could not help but look around at the celebrating families and feel a pang of loneliness. The moment in the entrance hall with Lief shot back into her mind, but that hope had been dashed away like always. And Jasmine was beginning to think it was better off that way.
It was late now, and Jasmine was beginning to tire but she didn't feel like locking herself within the palace again, she needed a few more moments outside. She decided to head for Southern Hill, recalling the beauty of the view and the sweet clear air. Calling to Kree, who was hunting, she set off through the streets of Del.
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Lief reached the top of the hill. He paused for a moment, admiring the panorama of his country. There was a rustling behind him, Lief spun around.
"Jasmine!" he gasped, in surprise.
Lief stared at her for a few moments as the slowly sinking moon paused behind her, casting a white glow around her silhouette. Her midnight hair floated around her face, creating a haunting beauty that intoxicated Lief. But there was something in her eyes; a deep sadness and Lief regarded it with a mingled sense of admiration and curiosity.
Jasmine looked steadfastly back at Lief, hardly breathing, she was frozen.
"Are you cold?" asked Lief suddenly, bluntly.
Their eyes broke contact and Jasmine turned away. She replied to his question with a slight incline of her head, she didn't even remember the question.
Lief picked up his cloak off the ground and put it around her shoulders. Suddenly Jasmine was in his arms. It happened so fast that neither knew quite who began it, but the first movement was equal on both sides. There were locked together.
The sky pressed down on them and again their eyes met. Lief's face was only an inch away from Jasmines. Excitement grew in her stomach; she dared their faces to move closer. Only a tiny bit closer.
And Lief knew this was it, the moment he had been waiting for. He did not know when he had begun to wait for it, or even to imagine the moment itself. But here it was.
"I love you Jasmine" he whispered.
And an incredible joy filled Jasmine's heart like never before. She was gliding through the stars.
"I love you too" she replied.
And then their heads moved that little bit closer and their lips met. Jasmine was kissing Lief. Lief was kissing Jasmine.
Lief knew right then that he could only be happy with Jasmine and that this was the peak, the highest point. He knew that he had never had anything as sweet as Jasmine's lips on his or felt anything in his arms as right as she felt just then. He loved her more than anything, and finally, finally they could be together.
All thoughts of loneliness were swept away for Jasmine by Lief's powerful embrace and she knew that the electricity running through her could only be generated by Lief when she was with him and she knew that she could only be happy when she was with him. And now she saw no reason why they should ever be apart.
Now they were in love and they stood in each other's arms, looking out over Del and knowing that whatever they faced next, they would face it together.
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A/N: Yes, the story is not finished yet. PLEASE REVIEW. I will be forever thankful.
Just for another story I'm writing I need to know the name of the stuffed toy Lief mentions in the very first book, the Forest of Silence. I really need to know.
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