So Many Names!
"My love," says a voice across the room. Edomiya enters. He
bends over you and kisses you. "This is what I say, listen. I
told you only that you were Adona until I could bring you here. My
sweet! Blessed are you to listen to me!" He falls on his knees
before you. "And blessed you shall be when you again take your
rightful position as Princess."
"Edomiya," you say, "is it true that you are the Prince
of the Casaler?"
"No," he says, "I'm only a cousin of the Royal Family.
You are a true Princess, and I... I am not." He looks up.
"No, and we are not betrothed. Though--I would be. If you love
me," he looks hopeful, "oh, love, would you marry me?"
You look down on his young, boyish face, and
say...
"Hope?" You laugh. "First I knew not I had a name, and
now I have had Princess Adona of the Teladie, and Princess Nipiah of
the Casaler, and now Hope of All! What next?"
