An- Sorry its taken me so long to write I've been working over many ideas in my mind and of course I always get inspiration to write when I'm working and can't but when I have the time to write of course I just stare at my computer like I don't know what a keyboard is.
Tomorrow they would finally fight to get their daughter back, after all this time they were finally close. Kahlan took in a deep breath as she looked up to the night sky, with any luck this time tomorrow she would be holding Arianna in her arms once more.
"Hey." Robin said with a smirk as he walked up handing her a bowl of stew.
Kahlan smiled at her husband and took the bowl, "Are you ready for tomorrow?" she asked him.
"As ready as I'll ever be." He glanced over at her as he sat down, "You?"
"I'm more then ready to get Arianna back and to go back." She told him, "To just be your wife again on the farm that's all I want."
"To live away from the fight." Robin agreed he thought back to the farm he remembered Arianna running around with their dog, He remembered her riding her pony around the barn. "To be a family again."
"We were never a family." Kahlan told him softly, "But I look forward to us getting the chance to fix that."
Robin leaned over and kissed his wife softly, "And we will." He whispered.
Kahlan smiled looking into his eyes neither said anything for a while, neither moved until Robin looked away down at the bowl in his hands,
"Kahlan." He said softly, "What's your last happy memory, before me before Arianna?"
Kahlan looked up to the sky for a moment as she thought back to a time before Richard and her son had died. She thought of their last happy memory together. "It had just snowed." She told him softly, "And not a light dusting it had really snowed. Stefan wouldn't sleep so instead of trying to get him to sleep Richard just smiled and said we should take him for a ride on the horses." She smiled, "It was late by Stefan loved riding and always fell asleep if the ride was long enough, all three of us got on Richard's horse and we rode a good mile or two before we came to a clearing." She felt her heart lift thinking of that place, "It was so beautiful looking untouched it was so peaceful. Even though it was late at night it seemed to glow. Between the snow and the full moon it looked like heaven on earth."
"That sounds like a very nice place." Robin told her.
"It was." She agreed, "It was beautiful, and the ride home I held Stefan in my arms and Richard has his wrapped around me in that moment." Her voice weakened for a moment, "In that moment I was truly happy."
"I promise you Kahlan." Robin told her, "I will find a way to make you happy again."
"Get Arianna back Robin that's all I need." She whispered, "Just bring her back and take us home that is all I wish for now."
"This is it." Robin said as he looked up at the castle his hood pulled up around his head.
"She's in there, Robin." Kahlan softly.
Robin smiled and took his wife by the hand; he slowly brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. "And we will get her back."
"It's been three years." She added, "Will she remember us?"
"Of course she will. When she was taken she was still old enough to remember." He paused, "Maybe not everything, but surly she wouldn't forget every detail."
"So what's the plan?" Allan asked breaking the conversation, "What do we do? How do we get inside."
"Zed." Kahlan turned to look at the old man, "Can you use your magic?"
"I can not." He told her shaking his head, "There is a barrier protecting the castle." He studied the castle as if he could see something no one else could, "They didn't have this power the last time I was here." He mumbled.
Kahlan frowned the others didn't know Zed well they couldn't see the flash of worry that came to his face as he looked quickly at Robin then away again back to the castle.
"This is an ancient magic it comes only from a powerful confessor."
"But that's impossible I never knew how to do anything as powerful as a barrier." Kahlan told him, "And why would a confessor be on their side?"
Zed shook his head, "This is the power streaming from one untrained she doesn't know how to control it, perhaps through dark magic they are using her power, using her to protect against us, protect against the seeker."
"Where would they find an untrai-" she stopped herself, "Arianna."
"No." Zed shook his head quickly, "She is still to young, yes she is an untrained confessor, but the source of power that is needed for this shield is from someone who made it through their life without any training hidden away."
"So we can't use magic?" Kahlan asked.
"No." Zed grumbled.
"So the plan." Robin shook his head, "The plan is gone?"
"Robin-" Kahlan started.
"No this is why, why I didn't want to do it your way, why I said we shouldn't rely on your magics."
"In the past it has worked!" Kahlan told him.
"The past is the past, now we have to figure something out quickly." He hated how he had finally allowed Zed to teach him the ways of the seeker, it all relied on an ancient magic and it seemed now no magic could be used. Now he was just left with that stupid useless sword.
"I'm not being funny." Allan interrupted again, "But since when did we need magic?" he looked at Much and the others.
"And when we have to think on our feet our plans are better." Will added.
"We can do this." Much chimed in, "We will stand by you no matter what, we will help get your daughter back."
"This will be far more dangerous then anything we have ever done." Robin shook his head, "Far more then we planned if we won't have Zed's magic."
"We will stand by your side Robin." Kate told him, "Until the very end."
Robin smiled at his friends, "Thank you my friends." He told them.
Zed stepped away from the group Kahlan knowing the look in his eye followed.
"What aren't you saying?" she asked once they were out of earshot of the others, "What more do you know?"
"The confessor." He said softly, "The one inside they can't force her magic." He sighed, "She is willingly putting up the shield, the only way to break it is to kill her."
"If she willingly fights with them she deserves to meet their fate." Kahlan muttered, "I know I shouldn't say that, but she has my daughter, they have my daughter and no one will be left standing if they stand between Robin and his daughter."
"That's the problem." Zed told her as his eyes caught hers, "When it comes down to killing her." He paused, "I don't think he will be able to."
"Why?" Kahlan asked.
"The woman." He paused, "I should have seen it sooner, I don't know how. I didn't every time we saw her I couldn't recall what was familiar about her."
"What do you mean?" Kahlan asked.
"That woman you and Robin found in the woods and then saw in the market a few days ago." Zed told her, "Think back what was around her neck?"
Kahlan thought back to that girl, the girl that Robin seemed drawn to the one she didn't like. She didn't like the way Robin looked and smiled at that girl. She remembered the necklace she wore, "It was blocking her power."
"Yes, she probably can't fully control it." Zed told her, "She walked right into our camp."
"She's the enemy. It doesn't matter if we have helped her in the past Robin will kill her if he has to." Kahlan wasn't sure how true her words were something about the way Zed still looked at her she knew there was more that he hadn't said yet.
"That girl is more then a confessor to him." He told her softly.
"Just because she can make him laugh means nothing. " she denied what she knew was the truth Robin was captured by her. "If she was wearing the necklace she couldn't have confessed him." She paused, "Please don't say you think he is confessed."
"Not in the way you are thinking." Zed told her.
"What do you mean?"
"He loves her." Zed replied.
"He doesn't even know her!" she felt her heart drop, while Robin was no Richard she had grown to love him, she didn't want to hear him loving another, it bothered her enough to know he loved a dead girl, but to know there was someone else he rather be with that was alive just hurt.
"That's were you're wrong." The old man told her, "Haven't you wondered why he's different around her?"
"They've only met twice." She frowned.
"Don't lie to me Kahlan I know you have noticed how different he was in those two meetings and after." Zed informed, "I heard Much and the others talking about it and I know you have too."
"That doesn't mean anything."
"It does Kahlan." He shook his head, "And I fear because of it he won't be able to do what he must."
"Because of some girl he met in the woods?" she asked, "No he is a better man then that."
"No because of who she is." Zed whispered to her, "Because of whom she was."
"And who might that be?" she asked.
"In those stories he used to tell." Zed sighed, "In those stories he used to tell Arianna before bed the ones about Robin Hood who was the one that could make him abandon just about any plan? Who was the one that could always pull him back?"
"I don't remember." She rolled her eyes, "I don't have time for this."
"Listen Kahlan, I know you remember."
She shook her head, "I don't know he always said Robin Hood would always fight for Marian, are you just trying to remind me that my husband is still in love with a dead girl? I don't see how that is helping the matter."
"I don't believe she is dead." He told her, "That woman Robin was drawn to her, not because of her abilities, but I over heard him talking with Much, he said that woman's eyes reminded him of Marian and seeing that girl brought back a fire within him that neither you nor I have seen." He paused, "Or rather you I have kept my eye on him time to time I knew the man he was before he lost her."
"I don't see how any of this has to do with our present situation." Kahlan didn't want to listen to this anymore she hated feeling like she wasn't good enough.
"The man he was is who he is slowly becoming again, his gang brought some of it back, but that first night when he found her in the woods a part of him came back. I'm not even sure he realizes that part is there again." Zed informed her.
"So you think that girl is the woman he loves, that she isn't dead and she's some powerful confessor that is holding my daughter captive who has powers that keep us at bay?" Kahlan was shaking her head, "Do you know how crazy you sound?"
"With her by their side we can't get your powers back, I can't use my magic everything we have been training Robin to do won't work, and our plan won't work." Zed told her, "We have to kill her, and you have to kill her." He paused, "I know I sound like some crazy old man, but Kahlan that girl is Marian she isn't dead, but she also isn't whom she used to be, how ever she ended up here she isn't the woman she that Robin used to love, she is simply a shell, a shell that holds a dangerous amount of power."
"I'm not saying I believe any of this." Kahlan told him, "But if you are worried that much about this girl, this confessor I will kill her myself."
"There's something you need to know before you say that." Zed told her.
"What is that?"
"If she really is Marian, if she really is who I think she is." He paused again, "Kahlan she might be your sister."
"Get in here Marian." The king growled as he pulled Marian into the throne room.
"What's going on?" She asked
"Put this on." He ordered handing her the veil she wore when she would go out into the villages.
"But-"
"Don't argue." He told her, "They have broken through our defenses they are in the castle."
Alexandra came into the room carrying the baby and dragging Arianna. "Here they are." She told him quickly.
"I told you not to touch them." Marian hissed as she hurried over to the kids she took the baby from Alexandra and allowed Arianna to run to her grabbing on to her skirt.
"I just brought them to you to keep them safe." Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"Marian enough put your veil on and get up here you and Alexandra need to put up a new barrier." He told her, "One just around us, around our family to keep everyone safe."
Marian for a moment didn't believe her husband, how could that man she met in the woods cause this much trouble? How could he be the one that was after her children? Something didn't feel right. She saw the man's image flash into her mind and felt as if her heart was breaking. His smile his laugh everything about him had seemed so good. "My love." She said softly, "Maybe we can reason with this man maybe he will listen to words and we won't have anymore blood shed."
"There is no reasoning with this man." The king told her, "He is here to kill your daughters he is here to take over this land. There is no reasoning with a monster like him."
'But he's not a monster.' A voice whispered within her mind, "Alright." She ignored the feeling within herself, "Alright."
The king walked over and looked her in the eye in that moment she saw something in him she had never seen before. In that moment he looked like he truly cared about her, "You must build the shield with Alexandra she can't do it on her own it's up to you to protect our family."
She just looked at him that was the first time she heard him refer to the children and her as part of his family. "I will." Then to her surprised he leaned forward and placed a soft kind kiss on her lips. "I will protect our family." She whispered as he nodded his head and the two walked hand and hand to where Alexandra stood ready to take on the intruders.
"Robin, are you alright?" Much asked worried seeing blood on the side of his shirt, "Is that yours?"
"I'm fine much." He lied, "No not mine."
"Master-" Much started but got interrupted by a solider bursting into the room. Together Much and Robin fought the solider who was no match for the two of them.
"Just like old times." Robin grinned.
Much smiled over at his friend as the solider fell to the ground, "Let's find the others."
Robin nodded his head and let Much leave the room first. When he knew his friend couldn't see him anymore he winced and took a closer look at his side. Blood was still flowing out of his injury, which he realized now was more then a scratch. He shook his head and ignored the pain as he hurried after Much. He couldn't worry about his pain right now he had to find Arianna he had to save his little girl. He could already feel that his body wasn't doing well not with this injury. He had to keep going long enough to get Arianna then he knew Kahlan could do the rest.
"Robin." Much said frowning as Robin caught up, "Are you sure you're alright?"
"I'm fine Much." He couldn't have his men worried about him; he couldn't have Kahlan worried about him. He would be fine long enough to so what he promised, long enough was all he needed.
"I found them." Kahlan said as she hurried to them, "Robin I know where they are." She seemed so happy Robin smiled. He wished he would get a chance to see her smile more, but knew he wouldn't while she and Arianna would make it out of this fight he knew he wouldn't.
"Let's go then." He told his wife, "Together."
Kahlan was to over joined that they were finally close to their daughter again that she didn't notice he look in Robin's eyes she didn't notice the blood.
It didn't take long to get to the throne room, "Held up in here while his men die for him." Robin shook his head; "A true king should be fighting on the frontlines not hiding in here with woman and children." He allowed Much and Allen to get the doors open, it would take far to much strength to kick the door down, strength he didn't have not anymore. The look Much gave him now Robin knew his friend could tell, he knew Much was aware of the lie, Much knew Robin was hurt but he wasn't saying anything.
Marian watched as the doors swung open she could hear the cries of the battle outside. Her heart began to race, this was it they were hear to hurt her and the children. How many men had this man brought? Alexandra said he lead no army that this would be an easy win. She was standing next to Alexandra the children and the king behind them.
"I didn't think you would get this far." Alexandra called out to the man. "You surprised me."
Arianna glanced around Marian. The little girl had thought a bad man was coming for her, but that wasn't true. Standing in the doorway her father stood with her mother. Everything of her past came forward she remembered the little farm she remembered her father carrying her on his shoulders, she remembered his stories she was about to call out for him but as she opened her mouth Alexandra mumbled unknown words, which caused the girl to not be able to speak of move.
Robin looked up in disbelief the woman from the woods stood next to the evil sorceress. He still couldn't see her face for it was all covered except her eyes. He could recognize those eyes anywhere. How could he have been so wrong about her? How could she be standing between him and his daughter? He had to ignore the feelings he couldn't understand he had to ignore everything he felt for the girl. She was the enemy. But something didn't feel right about thinking of her that way.
"Arianna." Kahlan tried to rush forward but Allan grabbed her.
"You can't get past them." Allan told her, "Alexandra is powerful you won't make it through."
Kahlan knew he was right she knew what Alexandra was capable of. "She has my powers." She told him, "I need them back from her."
"How?" Allan asked
"Alexandra has to die." Zed said as he appeared behind them.
"You." Alexandra laughed seeing the old wizard, "A fools move coming here, you're magic is no use." Her laugh echoed through the throne room, "I've been looking for you old man and now you've come to me."
"You are nothing Alexandra." Zed told her, "Your powers are not your own, you won't win."
"But I already have." She laughed, "Nothing you do, nothing your seeker does can stop me now." She smirked, "What did you think? We have a whole army did you really think you could stop us?"
"There are five or six of us." Robin growled, "And we came for Arianna." He glanced at his daughter, "And we won't stop until we have her."
"You won't take her." Marian spoke up.
"You." He frowned, "If I had known I would have never helped you."
"I would have killed you there if I knew who you were." Marian told him her voice was cold and icy.
Robin felt his heart drop still the woman wore the veil the only thing he could see were her eyes, the eyes that made him crazy. The look the woman gave him now reminded him of the first time he saw Marian after those five year away. "Give me Arianna and no one else has to die." Robin told the woman. He tried to keep his breathing under control, but with every passing moment it seemed harder to fill his lungs.
"No." Marian told him, "I will never give her to you, you'll have to kill me." She frowned something about this man didn't seem right. Her eyes fell to his side he was bleeding. The look in his eyes the light she had seen was fading. His chest was moving in a labored pace. He was dying. She knew she should feel happy not much longer and he would fall to the ground. "You're dying Seeker." Marian tried to make her voice sound happy, but instead her voice came out weak as if she were to cry. What was wrong with her?
"I'm strong enough to get Arianna back." He growled
Kahlan glanced at her husband, how had she not noticed before. "Robin." She whispered, "What-"
"I'm fine Kahlan I promised you I'd bring Arianna home and I will." He told her his voice soft.
"Robin." Zed's voice said from behind him, "You're sword is no use here. Alexandra needs to die in order for us to have a chance but the sword can't kill her nothing of magic can."
"I know." He told the old man as he dropped the sword as if it burnt his hand. "I've known all along."
"Robin." Much cried out as Robin stumbled sideways before Much reached out to steady him.
"I'm fine Much." He grinned as he took the bow Much was carrying. "Arrow." He whispered.
"Master." Much whispered
"Please old friend." Robin whispered looking is closest friend in the eye. Much nodded and handed Robin an arrow. Robin moved onto his own two feet again and pointed his bow at the Queen. "You aren't going to keep my daughter from me." He growled as he took his aim. Arianna stood behind the Queen. "Don't worry Ari." He said, "I won't miss."
"Are you sure you can do this?" Kahlan asked.
"I'm Robin Hood." He replied as he moved quickly the arrow flying through the air. Instead of Marian it hit Alexandra the woman cried out in pain. Marian stood in disbelief she had thought the arrow was fixed on her, but in the last moments the man had changed his mind he aimed at Alexandra who wasn't expecting it. She frowned had Alexandra been smiling as she thought the man was aiming at Marian.
"Robin!" Kahlan cried as her husband fell to the ground.
"It's up to you now." He whispered as he placed his hand on the side of Kahlan's face, "Alexandra is dead."
Kahlan could feel the power growing within herself; her powers were coming back to her.
"Daddy!" Arianna cried pushing past Marian the hold Alexandra had put over her was now gone.
Marian tried to grab for the little girl, but stopped, had she just called out to him? Had she called this man her father?
The little girl ran to her parents and into her mother's arms who was now kneeling beside Robin.
"Ari." Kahlan cried out as the little girl slammed into her.
"You came for me." The little girl whispered.
"Did you doubt we would?" Robin whispered his head in Kahlan's lap
"You're Robin Hood." The little girl said, "Like in the stories."
Robin nodded his head with a grin, "Yes." He told her. He could see tears filling in the child's eyes. "Don't cry." He told her, "You gave me a reason to fight again."
"But you're dying." Arianna whispered, "Daddy don't go."
Marian watched the scene before her; all along Arianna had been their daughter. She looked over at the King who still didn't say anything. She felt a tear slide down her cheek, why was she crying? She heard Robin cough it didn't sound good she knew blood was filling his lungs.
'You're wasting you're time old friend, Robin Hood is already dead.' A man's voiced echoed through Marian's mind. She saw an image of an older man grinning up at her. She saw herself crying leaning on a wall after pulling a mask off her face. What was this? She wondered. She could feel herself pushing past some clothing hanging to dry trying to stop her tears as she made sure the dress was on just right. Then from behind one of the sheets a man pushed it aside. She saw his grin she felt her heart lift. 'Robin.' She yelled as she jumped into his arms,
'Who died?' he laughed.
'You did' She didn't know if her voice was fighting tears or laughter, 'The sheriff said you were dead.'
She frowned nothing was making sense. She looked over at the King who just smirked knowing his enemy was at the end.
"Zed do something!" Kahlan yelled
"There is nothing I can do." Zed told her softly as he closed his hand, which he had been holding over the wound.
"Alexandra is dead her barrier can't stop you're magic anymore." Kahlan knew better, but she couldn't lose him just like she had lost Richard. "Please."
"It's more then just an injury Kahlan." Zed told her, "The weapon was laced in poison. My magic isn't strong enough."
"Not again." Much whispered, "Not poison again."
"I healed his poison before I can do it again." Kahlan told him, "I can do it."
"This is different Kahlan this is." Zed told her looking away, "a poison you can't heal."
"Why?" She asked.
"This poison was made by Alexandra she was a cruel woman." He whispered, "She knew only one thing could cure it and we don't posses it."
"What is it?" Kahlan asked
"When you killed Richard." Zed reminded her, "What brought you back?" he asked, "Why couldn't you confess him."
"You said there was no magic more powerful then the love Richard and I had for each other." She thought back to that day she thought back to when she realized she could be with Richard forever. Many things had changed since then, she knew the love she had for Robin was different she knew they were simply in love with each other because they both shared the same loss. "I don't understand why that means Robin can't be healed."
"True love is the most powerful magic in the world." He told her, "Far greater then mine." He paused, "And only a magic that great can save him now."
She placed her hand on his chest. She had to try and confess him perhaps if she gave him more will to fight then he could survive this. He thought his battle was over he knew Arianna was safe now that Kahlan had her. His part in this was over, Kahlan knew what her husband was thinking, but she couldn't lose him. Arianna couldn't lose her father.
"Kahlan what are you doing?" Zed asked
"I'm going to confess him, I'm going to make him forget everything and love me, maybe that will be strong enough to keep him fighting." She felt the familiar magic she had gone so long without. Her old powers were simple to use once more. She opened her eyes and glanced down at Robin who still looked weak, but also confused.
"No." He frowned.
"Robin, It's an order you must live on don't leave me, don't leave your confessor." She instructed him.
Robin shook his head and winced, "No."
"No what?" Kahlan asked.
"Why?" he started to struggle for air again.
"Robin don't go." Kahlan almost yelled.
Marian couldn't tear her eyes away the man lay dying and she couldn't help but feel crushed. She felt like her world was falling down around her, that everything that mattered in this world depended on if that man lived. He's a monster. She tried to remind herself, but she couldn't fully believe her own words. All this time she had been trying to protect Arianna from him, but it turned out that was the only place Arianna wanted to be. She remembered talking with the little girl. She often said even though her father was a farmer she had felt so safe with him. She would giggle and tell Marian that sometimes she would pretend he was Robin Hood to make him more interesting.
When the other woman spoke about confessing Robin she wanted to stop the woman she didn't want the woman to make the man completely hers. Alexandra had explained to Marian what confessing would do to a man. 'It will force a man to give you their heart.' Alexandra had laughed she enjoyed forcing people's love. Marian hadn't understood why anyone would want that, what was the point in having someone's heart when they hadn't wanted to give it in the first place? But why did it bother her so much this woman was going to take this dying monster's heart?
"Marian." Robin whispered his voice weak. Marian felt her heart drop, hearing her name coming from him felt so natural she felt so drawn to it. "Don't take her from me." He winced again as he seemed to be fighting more then the pain.
"Robin?" Kahlan's voice sounded unsure.
"What did you do to him?" Much yelled, "He looks like he's in more pain."
"He's fighting it." Kahlan whispered, "Trying to fight my power."
"Then stop it!" Much yelled, "Stop hurting him!"
"I don't know how to stop it!" Kahlan almost yelled back, "This has never happened before."
"He won't let go of her." Zed spoke, his eyes turned to meet Marian's, "He refuses to forget the woman he love."
"That's impossible." Kahlan muttered, "No one can resist."
"Marian." Robin called out through his pain again his body shook then he took a deep breath. "We haven't got much time my love."
"We do." Kahlan whispered
"I hope we have forever in heaven." He smiled, "Because we didn't have enough time on earth, not nearly enough time."
"What?" Kahlan asked she looked closer at Robin, his eyes seemed like they weren't even looking at her almost glossed over.
"Last time we were dying." His voice was still weak, "We were getting married."
"He's going." Zed whispered, "There is nothing you can do Kahlan."
"But I confessed him this should be working!"
"No." Much shook his head, "In his final moments he still can't let go of Marian, is thinking of their last moments together. Nothing you do can take her from his heart."
"I'm not trying to take her!" Kahlan cried out, "I'm trying to save him."
Again she heard her name, again she felt compelled to move forward. The words the man spoke she had heard them before, but where? Marian felt a sharp pain in her head for an instant she could see herself laying on the ground, the man above her.
'I love Robin Hood.' Her own voice echoed in her head. "I love Robin Hood." She said allowed as a sudden realization washed over her. Everything came back all at once in flashes. She remembered seeing him outside her father's door and holding up a bow and arrow telling him to leave. She remembered calling him a fool. She remembered laughing to herself as he made a fool out of the sheriff time and time again. She could see him galloping up to the church helping her escape her wedding to Guy. She remembered laying on the ground Robin above her trying to keep her calm. She remembered marrying him before she died.
"Tell me." Kahlan said brushing her tears away. She realized now there was no saving Robin she just needed to find a way to ease his pain until he drifted away, perhaps thoughts of Marian could keep away his pain until the end. "What was she like?"
"Infuriating." Robin whispered with a smirk, "Strong, willful. A fighter."
"No." Marian whispered, "Robin." She now understood the tears that fell down her face. Her heart knew this was the man she loved before her mind did. She didn't even now how she got from standing beside the king to then kneeling beside Robin.
"Get away from him." Kahlan hissed.
She ignored the woman, "Come back to me please." She whispered, "Just like the caves when I came back to you."
"The Night watchman." He whispered frowning, "I didn't see it before."
Marian still wore the veil on her face showing her eyes. "Yes." She whispered, "I'm here." She took the veil down so he could fully see her face.
"Marian." He smiled. "I knew I would find you again." He reached his hand up to her face placing her hand on her cheek.
Marian leaned into his hand placing her hand on top of his, how had she forgotten him all this time? "You can't leave me." She whispered, "The greatest adventure is yet to come."
"My wife." He smiled up at her.
"Now and forever my love." She whispered as she leaned down and kissed him. She felt a strange feeling wash over her. At first Robin's kiss was weak then it grew stronger. When she pulled away she was shocked to see Robin move from lying on the ground to sitting up.
"How is that possible?" Much asked astonished.
"Zed was right." Kahlan whispered.
"Marian." Robin grinned as he stood up helping Marian to her feet. He couldn't control himself he pulled her close and kissed her again. When they broke away her hands were on his shoulders for a moment as they grinned into each other's eyes. He wrapped his arms around her waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck he spun her around not wanting to let go. Marian's laugh echoed through his ears, a laugh he never thought he would hear again.
AN- Sorry guys I've been wondering why I haven't gotten any feedback on this chapter…turns out I forgot to post it…oops on my part. Review and let me know what you think. Still more story left.