‘I can’t promise to forget Viviane,’ he said, a shadow of seriousness crossing his face.
‘I wouldn’t expect it,’ Olwen said.
‘Do you think it is possible to love two people at the same time?’
‘Yes,’ she said. Did not Viviane love both Caradawc and Idoc — and possibly Gerin too?
‘Is it possible to love three daughters equally?’ her own heart inquired. Yes. For she already loved the three conceived in her womb that day. ‘And Kicva may curse all she likes,’ she thought. ‘No human curse can carry against a true destiny.’
* * * *
The night seemed very long. Caradawc held a shivering Viviane in his arms, trying to keep her warm; while Idoc sat beside them, brooding. He was already regretting his histrionic rejection of Ny-ak the afternoon before. He had done it for Viviane’s sake, but she
