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Aftershock	By : CAMfan27 Category: G through L > Legend of the Seeker Views: 3673 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Ten
While the banquet was going on, Nathan Rahl, Richard's ancestor, who is a prophet, was looking over some of the old prophecies about Richard. He was thinking about the new prophecy that he had had a couple of months ago. No one but himself knew of it, except Ann, the prelate. He lived at the Palace of the Prophets, with a Rada'Han around his neck. They wanted to keep him close, they considered him dangerous because of him being a prophet. Nathan usually liked to share the prophecies with whomever they were about, and that usually worried them. He knew that Sir Kahlan and Cara had been together, he had forseen it. He also knew that a child was going to come out of that union. He knew it would be a girl; since Kahlan's sister Dennee had already had a boy. What he didn't know was how this was going to effect the world, or who would carry the child. What he also didn't know was that Sister Mariana, a Sister of the Dark, had overheard him telling the prelate, and she had done some serious magic to ensure that Cara got pregnant. She was trying to drive a wedge between Richard and Kahlan. She had thought that was a good way to do it.
At the banquet, Cara felt a churning in her stomach. She was sitting next to Leo and Richard, listening to some fat man ask Richard a question about his quest. She had to push her chair back and bend over, to put her head between her knees. Leo and Richard both turned to her, asking what was wrong. Cara snapped, ''Nothing I need either of your help for.'' She got up from the table and headed for the castle privvies.
Leo and Richard shared a look, and it was decided that Leo would go after Cara. He got up and followed her. He stood outside the door, and asked, ''Cara, are you alright?'' He heard retching sounds.
Cara was retching in a basin, wondering what was wrong with her. She was Mord'Sith. She did not get sick. She was annoyed that Leo was choosing to ask this of her now, while she was retching. ''I'm fine, Leo.'' She said, through clenched teeth. A minute more, and she had stopped. She exited the privvy, and ran into Leo. She was wiping her mouth and said, ''Leo, you did not have to follow me to the privy.'' She thought he was being very overprotective.
Leo suggested, ''Maybe you are sick. You should go to the infirmary and see if they can help you.'' He thought maybe Cara could be carrying a baby. They had been intimate.
Cara knew he was just trying to help, so she tried to keep her tone light. She knew that he wasn't trying to be an annoyance to her. She said, ''Thanks, Leo, but it seems to be over.''
When she entered the banquet hall again, she saw Sir Kahlan looking at her from her seat next to Prince Fyren. She was smiling at Cara with a knowing look on her face. Cara met her gaze headon, wondering what that was about. She went to sit in her seat again, her stomach still churning.
Richard turned to ask her about how she was feeling. ''You alright, Cara?'' He asked. He wondered if maybe she was pregnant. Cara never got sick.
Cara still had her hand over her churning stomach. She said, ''I'm Mord'Sith, Richard. I'm fine.'' That was her go to excuse for everything. That she was Mord'Sith. it was the only thing that she liked about herself. She didn't know how to be anything but Mord'Sith.
Richard knew she was putting up a front. He could tell something was bothering her. He could tell something was very wrong, even. ''If you say so, Cara. But you can talk to me, if you need to.'' He said.
Cara gave him a look, not sure what to say to that. She knew that she could tell Richard anything. But she couldn't talk to him about what was really bothering her. She couldn't stop thinking about Kahlan. She knew she had to stop. It was going to go nowhere once the Kahlans were put back together. She knew all Kahlan would care about was Richard. She knew that. She was about to say something else to Richard when she doubled over again. She put her hands on her stomach. This time, everyone in the banquet hall turned to her. She could feel her stomach literally churning up and down. It felt terrible.
Richard caught her as she started to fall. He scooped her up in his arms, despite her protests, and took her to the infirmary. Zedd was making a face, trying to force down some spice soup when Richard entered, carrying Cara. He put her on a bed, as one of the healers came over to check her out. He backed up a little, and asked, ''What's wrong with her?''
The healer took a look at Cara, who was looking annoyed, and tried to get up. The healer looked at Richard. ''I need to examine her a minute. Hold on.'' She closed her eyes and held her hands over Cara's stomach, performing some magic. Zedd watched with curiosity. She muttered a chant, and after a moment, said, ''Well, congratulations, young lady, you are pregnant.'' She smiled, and took Zedd's soup away from him. ''You shouldn't be eating that.'' She admonished.
Cara turned to Zedd. ''Are you feeling well enough to confirm that diagnosis?'' She asked, her tone curt.
Zedd nodded. ''I think so.'' He slowly got up out of bed, and Cara helped him out, getting closer to him. He closed his eyes, and held his hands out in front of Cara's stomach. He murmured just about the same chant the healer had, and a moment or two later, he said, ''You are with child, Cara. And what's more, it's part Confessor. How is that possible?'' He wondered aloud, laying back on his bed and clutching his stomach. ''Bags.'' He exclaimed.
Cara said, ''What? It's part WHAT?'' She wasn't sure what to think about this. She knew it had to have happened somehow with Kahlan. Kahlan was the Confessor.
Zedd took a sip of water, looking annoyed that that's all he was allowed to have. ''It's part Confessor. Did something happen with Kahlan, Cara?'' He asked.
Cara felt in a tight spot. She wasn't sure what to do. She knew that Richard was going to be so hurt. ''Yes, something happened, But how could I be with child? With a child that's half Confessor?'' She asked, trying not to look at Richard.
Zedd didn't know. He broke off as Leo came into the room. ''I don't know, Cara. But you are. Maybe someone did some magic. That's all I can think of. There's no other way that it could have happened. It is not physically possible for Kahlan to get you pregnant.'' He wondered who had the power to pull off magic like that. They'd have to be very powerful.
Richard grabbed Cara's arm and made her look at him. ''Cara, how could you do that? I love Kahlan, she is my life. There's no reason for me to live without her. I love you like a sister, Cara. How could you do this to me?'' He demanded of her.
Cara's eyes filled with tears, before she could stop herself. Darn hormones already raging. She had known this would happen. She didn't want to hurt him, and she had. ''I'm so sorry, Richard. I don't want to hurt you. She didn't force me, but she definitely took control. It happened so fast. I barely had time to object. I love her the same way you do, Richard. That's why I didn't end up Confessed. But you know if Kahlan was in her right mind, nothing would have happened. And I would never have known how I felt about her. Richard, you know that there is no way I would try to take her from you. You know that I...'' She had to pause for a moment, this was going to be hard to admit. ''love you like a brother. You are my Lord Rahl. I could never do something like that to you.''
Richard could hardly believe that this was happening. He knew it was pointless to be angry at Cara, she was right. Kahlan was not in her right mind. She most likely wouldn't even remember once she was put back together. He was very hurt though. He felt as if Cara had reached into his chest, and pulled out his still beating heart with her bare hands. He had to be away from her. He said, ''I've got to get out of here. I need some space to breathe.'' He left the room, trying to calm his rage.
Cara was angry, She couldn't believe that this had happened to her. She did not want this child. A part of her did, but she knew that she was going to have some words with Sir Kahlan about this. It was completely unacceptable. She said, ''Excuse me, Wizard.'' She spat out, and headed off for the banquet hall.
Sir Kahlan was just leaving the hall when Cara ran into her. ''Cara, I'm guessing that you got some bad news.'' Kahlan could just tell that Cara was pregnant. Confessors always knew. She also knew that it was hers. She didn't know how that was possible, but she knew it was true. She said, ''Cara, I take it you know, and that's why you're here to see me.''
Cara pulled out her Agiel from a fold in her skirt. She was going to make Kahlan pay for what she had done. She just couldn't kill her. She said, ''You are going to give me some answers, and you're going to give them to me now. Do you know who did this to me? I'm Mord'Sith. I do not need to be pregnant. I can't have this child.''
Sir Kahlan smiled at her. She was enjoying this. Cara angry was very sexy. She said, ''I have no idea how this happened to you. It must be powerful magic by one of our enemies. Maybe one of the Sisters of the Dark. I'm not sure why this was done, it doesn't make any sense. Did Zedd tell you?'' She asked.
Cara inclined her head yes. She didn't want to give away any of the information Zedd had given her, but she didn't feel the need to lie. She met Sir Kahlan's eyes headon. She was here to let Sir Kahlan know who was boss. ''Look, Sir Kahlan. I will not be led around like some puppy dog. I am my own person. And you will not dominate me like that. You will not treat me like I'm a lesser being.''
Sir Kahlan mused about this. She was surprised that Cara was the only one she felt sure she had gotten under her spell. She wasn't sure what to say. ''What do you think you're going to do with that Agiel?'' She asked.
Cara smiled devishly as she looked at it, not wincing at all, and she'd been holding it this whole time. Cara was pretty badass when it came to the Agiel. She said, ''I was going to use it on you if you didn't come along to my way of thinking.'' She replied.
Sir Kahlan folded her arms. She wasn't sure that she was liking this at all. She didn't want Cara to start asserting herself. This was unacceptable. She said, ''I am never going to come around to your way of thinking. You are Mord'Sith, and I am the Mother Confessor.'' She braced herself for the Agiel. It hurt a lot.
Cara got closer, so she was right in Kahlan's face. ''I can't believe that you are treating everyone like this. Richard is very upset by what happened. I didn't want him to know anything about it. And now that I'm carrying your child, he knows. If you were in your right mind, you would care about Richard and his feelings. I love Richard. I didn't want him to get hurt. And if you hadn't done anything with me, no one would know any better.''
Sir Kahlan pushed Cara back. She didn't want her that close. Unfortunately, that started the fight. Cara let her arm fly, knocking Sir Kahlan back. Sir Kahlan came back with a blow to Cara's head. Cara whipped back around and stuck her Agiel omn Sir Kahlan's neck. She dropped to her knees and Cara pulled her other Agiel from another fold in her skirt and jammed it into Kahlan's temple.
Her yell brought Richard and Prince Fyren running into the room. They both looked shocked. Cara pulled her Agiels away, as Sir Kahlan dropped on all fours, breathing hard. Prince Fyren went to attack Cara, and she slammed her Agiel on his neck, taking him down to his knees, also. Cara was with child, and not happy about it. Only at Richard's insistance that she stop did she pull her Agiel away from Prince Fyren's neck.
''What's going on, Cara? Why are you fighting with Sir Kahlan?'' He demanded to know.
Cara did not put her Agiels away. She didn't want Sir Kahlan to relax at all. She wasn't safe just because Richard was in the room. ''I asked Sir Kahlan why she had to start anything with me, because now I am pregnant with her child. Not a pleasant thing.''
Richard had to admit he was curious about this himself. ''Yes, Kahlan, why did you start anything with Cara? I thought you took Prince Fyren as a mate?'' This still stung a lot, and the fact that Zedd believed that neither Kahlan was really in her right mind was the only thing that kept him sane.
Sir Kahlan, still breathing very hard, slowly got up off her knees. She looked as if she was unsettled by Cara still being so close. She was holding her daggers, ready in case Cara tried something else. She said, ''I did. Prince Fyren was purely for mating and carrying on the Confessor line, not for pleasure.'' She directed her words at Richard but did not take her eyes off Cara.
Richard knew Prince Fyren was Confessed, so he was going to put up no fight to this. He looked to Cara. ''And you attacked her?'' He asked.
Cara shook her head. ''No I got in her face, and I was angry. I only attacked her after she pushed me away from her. I was angry that she's been treating me like dirt on her boots. I wanted to let her know that was over. I also wanted to know why I was pregnant. See if she had any idea.''
''I know why.'' Said a crisp clear voice. All turned to look. It was Sister Verna, a Sister of the Light. She'd helped Richard in his wizard training.
Richard wondered how Sister Verna had gotten here. ''What are you doing here, Sister?'' He wondered how she'd even known they were in Aydindril.
Sister Verna walked farther into the room. She had a grim look on her face. She said, ''I've got some news.'' She knew that they wouldn't like what she had to say.
Richard shared a look with Cara. He knew that her ears were perked up, listening. He turned back to Verna. ''What's the news? To bring you all the way to Aydindril.''
Sister Verna said, ''Well, I was already in the New World. Many of us have left the Old World to fight the Sisters of the Dark and the Keeper. But I'm here to tell you of a new prophecy.''
Richard hated when people drug news out like this. ''Out with it, Sister Verna. I would like to you to tell me faster.''
Sister Verna knew that he didn't mean to be that way. He was just impatient to know the truth. Part of his job as Seeker. She said, ''There is a prophecy about Cara and Sir Kahlan's child.'' She paused, and quickly began talking again at the look on Richard's face. ''Nathan, our prophet, said he knew that Cara and Kahlan were going to be together. He says that a child was going to come from the union. It's going to be part Confessor. The only thing he's not sure of is how it's going to affect the world. He says that he's not aware as to how the pregnancy occured.''
Richard and Cara shared a look. Richard wondered how the baby would be part Confessor. ''How is the baby going to be part Confessor?'' He asked.
Sister Verna didn't know the answer to that one. She said, ''I'm not sure. Nathan was very insistant that he did not know the details as to how Cara and Kahlan's baby comes about. He's also not even sure what effect she'll have on the world. I just wanted to tell you. And we were hunting Sisters of the Dark near here. It wasn't really out of the way. Ann said Nathan thought you should know. He said that we should try to keep it as quiet as possible.''
Cara wasn't sure how she felt about there being a prophecy about her and Sir Kahlan. She liked even less that there was a prophecy about her child. She didn't want to have the child. She knew that she had no choice in the matter. Maybe she could let Richard and Kahlan take the child. She just thought that a child would not help her to serve Richard. She said, ''Richard, do you think that you and Kahlan would raise this child? I am Mord'Sith. I think it would be better for the child if you two raised it.''
Richard wasn't sure how he felt about that. But she was probably right. Cara was too no-nonsense for a child. He thought if she applied herself she'd be a great mother. But he knew that that thought probably terrified her. ''I can't say no, Cara. It's Kahlan's child, too. I love her and I will love any child that is hers.''
Sir Kahlan listened to all of this without saying anything. She wasn't sure what to say. She knew that she did want to make sure she got control of the child, especially since she was going to be part Confessor. She just wasn't sure that she would raise the child with Richard. ''What about what I think?'' She finally spoke up.
Richard looked at her. He couldn't wait unil the Kahlans were back together. He really didn't like Sir Kahlan. ''You are going to be back together with Lady Kahlan. It doesn't really matter what you think.''
Meanwhile, in Berdine and Raina's quarters, Lady Kahlan was watching Berdine and Raina throwing up in chamber pots. She had found out what food Zedd had gotten sick on and had gotten someone to sneak her up some. She had had to be very wily to get them to eat it. She had used the excuse that Lord Rahl would want them keep their strength up. It had worked like a charm. Now, to just find Sir Kahlan. She had to be eliminated. At ALL costs.
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