Message
Richard gives Cara a message for Kahlan. iscommunication is inevitable.
Richard put his hands on Cara's shoulders and gazed intently into her eyes. "I'll just be a few days. Tell Kahlan I miss her, and I can't wait to be back in her arms. Tell her I'm counting the seconds until we can be together again, that I swear by the Creator I will be home before the full moon. Tell her I'm sorry I had to go away at such short notice, but I'll make it up to her when I get back. Remind her that I love her, that I adore her with every fibre of my being."
"Why can't I come with you?" Cara demanded when Richard paused for breath.
"I need you here to protect Kahlan," Richard said. "Besides, Zedd wants to spend some time with me. We don't get much chance to just have some time alone, just us men."
And so Richard left, with many a backward glance. Cara sat by the front door of the cottage, taking out her anger on a fistful of daisies, plucking off petals one by one. At last Kahlan came home.
"Cara, what's wrong?" she asked, seeing the floral destruction.
"Richard and Zedd went to hunt a Shadrin that's bothering the people of West Fort," Cara said. "And they wouldn't let me go."
"Probably thought you'd kill it before they had a chance to," Kahlan said with a smile. "You know how men are."
"Richard left you a message," Cara said, remembering Lord Rahl's urgent tone.
"Yes?"
"Love you, miss you, back soon," Cara said.
"Right. Well, more stew for us, then," Kahlan said brightly, and went indoors.