Unspoken
Chapter One
Perched on her grandfather's knee, Bathsheba tore off a piece of bread and
offered it to him. Laughing, Ahithophel ate it from her hand. "She's becoming
more like your mother every day, Eliam."
Her father watched her with a faint frown. "It's hard to believe she's growing
up so fast. Eight years old already. It won't be long before I'll have to find a
husband for her."
"A mighty man to protect a pretty young maiden."
She looked across the fire at the man who appeared, to her, like an angel from
heaven. Tugging on her grandfather's tunic, stretching up, she whispered her
heart's desire. "I want to marry David."
He laughed out loud and looked across at the handsome young man sitting across
the fire. "David, here is another who has set you upon a pedestal." Heat flooded
into her cheeks as the man she idolized looked back at her grandfather with
embarrassed tolerance. Her grandfather kissed her cheek. "Forget David,
Bathsheba. He has three wives already, my sweet." As he looked into her eyes,
his amusement faded. His expression softened.
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