His response only deepened her concern. "I know it is not so because I know you. You have a good, kind heart." An abnormal flush of color flooded her face as she anticipated her next words. "I do not mean to speak ill of our brothers but... I daresay you have the kindest heart of all of us. The man they write about has no regard for others, he is selfish, scheming, and cruel. Perhaps you share a tendency towards imprudence but that is where the similarities end." She was caught a little off guard by how emotional she felt, it was almost dizzying. Nova felt a great deal of things but they never overcame her like this, but then it was a swathe of feelings she'd been carefully bottling diligently for a while in particular over the last year or so.
"However, I am not so foolish as people would like to think. I know there is no smoke without fire, but it is equally true that embers when smothered release twice as much smoke as a roaring fire." Nova hadn't meant to get so intense and certainly not before the tea was even served. At least she'd forgotten to worry about spying sister-in-laws.
"However, I am not so foolish as people would like to think. I know there is no smoke without fire, but it is equally true that embers when smothered release twice as much smoke as a roaring fire." Nova hadn't meant to get so intense and certainly not before the tea was even served. At least she'd forgotten to worry about spying sister-in-laws.
