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The Gift	By : MaidOfDishonor Category: M through R > Revolution Views: 3992 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Revolution, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. I only own my original character, Lily.

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Chapter Twelve

And so it went for three years. Miles ran the tavern, and I forged swords. We both looked forward to sharing our nights together. And then one day the past caught up with Miles. I was in what was now my shop, working on a particularly lovely sword, when a group of people entered the tavern asking for Miles. At the time I was unaware of this, so that evening I rushed home, that’s what we called the old hotel suite, and washed up quickly. A small gathering of musicians were to play in the park near the hotel. Miles and I had been looking forward to going. Miles himself played acoustic guitar and sang in such a deep, lovely voice. And I cherished the times that he played just for me. That was what I was expecting for that night. Instead, I came downstairs, freshly washed and wearing my nicest dress, to see Miles sitting with a small, ragged group. Miles didn’t look thrilled to see them, but his sword was in its scabbard so I wasn’t too worried.
“Lily!” Miles’s eyes lit up. I couldn’t help beaming. We weren’t alone in the room but we might as well have been. Three years together and we still acted like teenagers. “Hi!” I heard from somewhere behind me. The voice broke the moment and Miles put on a scowl. I turned in the direction of the voice. It was owned by a pretty teenage girl, probably not too many years younger than me. “Lily, meet Charlie. My niece. Charlie, this is my Lily.” “Your Lily?” “You have a niece?” Charlie and I asked simultaneously. The whole group turned to Miles. He took a swig of whiskey and glared back, obviously not prepared to answer either question. He turned his eyes to Charlie. “Yes, my Lily. She belongs to me.” Normally I giggled when Miles said that but right now I wasn’t feeling it. He turned a softer gaze on me. “Lily, when we first met I mentioned my brother and his village. Remember?” I nodded, he continued. “Well this is his daughter, Charlotte.” “Charlie!” The girl interrupted. “Charlie, right. Sorry.” Miles didn’t sound very sorry. “The militia’s taken her brother and killed mine.” He took another deep swig of whiskey. I rushed to his side and knelt down beside him. “Miles, I’m so sorry….” I couldn’t think of anything else to say. My eyes filled with sympathy. He nodded in understanding. We’d been together long enough and it had basically been just the two of us for so long that we could read each other well.
We just looked at one another until Charlie interrupted again. “Uncle Miles, you have to help us get Danny back!” Miles didn’t respond, so I spoke up. “Danny’s your brother? Why did the militia take him?” “I don’t know. They wanted my dad but gunfire broke out and he was shot. So they took Danny instead. Before dad died he told me to find Uncle Miles. That he’d get Danny back.” Miles didn’t look up, instead he took another drink. I had no idea what to make of any of this. And I didn’t have much time because Miles jumped up, gently grabbed my arm and led me to the corner of the room where we could speak, unheard. “No matter what, don’t tell them how we met. Tell them nothing of the militia. Just don’t tell them anything about me.” “Miles?” I looked up into those deep brown eyes searching for the answers I knew were hidden there. Too bad I couldn’t find them. It wasn’t like him to close me out. Not once he’d finally let me in. “Alright,” I agreed. “What am I supposed to say?” “Just follow my lead.” He replied, as he took my hand and we walked back to the group.
Miles took his chair and pulled me onto his lap. I turned my head to him and he cupped my cheek in his hand. “I have to go with them, Lily.” “What? Why?” I was in turmoil. “Because the militia knows I’m here. They sent a small, local contingent after me and it didn’t end well for them. But they’ll be back with more.” He paused. “And because they’re the only family I have left.” He sighed. “You have me.” I said with a quaver in my voice. “Yes, sweetheart, I have you. But I have to get the militia off our trail. I can do that while I help get my nephew back.” Charlie opened her mouth to speak but Miles raised his hand to silence her. This was our moment and he wasn’t going to have her interrupt it. “Then I’m coming with you.” I said resolutely. “Not gonna happen,” Miles said shaking his head. “It’s too dangerous.” “I’ve been in danger before and you’ve been training me for the past three years. You need me.” Miles moved his hand from my cheek to pull my forehead against his. “I do need you. But more than that, I need you safe. I can’t do this unless I know you’re safe. I need to know you’re here, safely waiting for me. Will you do that? Will you wait for me?” “Yes,” I whispered, sadness filled my voice. He kissed my forehead. “Thank you sweetheart,” he replied. “But you have to promise me you’ll come back. I’ll wait for you but you have to come back.” I insisted. Miles was quiet for a long time. I knew this was asking for more than he could promise, but I had to ask. “I promise that I will do everything in my power to come back home to you. I promise.” That would have to do. “Thank you,” I whispered.
Miles gently released my face and our moment was over. He looked around the rag-tag group and nodded. “Alright, I’ll go with you. We leave at dawn. I’ll see you then.” With that, Miles pulled us up, slung his arm around me and led me to our suite.
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