CHAPTER NINETEEN
“I’m leaving,” Velkyn said quietly. He and Calderon walked several feet behind Donovan and Erasan. The old monk and the priest of Aio were talking about the differences between their faiths. “What do you mean?” Calderon looked to his friend. “What do you mean you are leaving? Leaving where?”
Velkyn met his gaze and Calderon could see the tears, barely being held back. He couldn’t blame his friend for being so sorrowful. He had lost the woman he loved, and his secret was now known to Donovan. While Donovan had no authority to cast the young man out of the brotherhood, he didn’t deny that the Abbot would do so. “I will not be welcomed back into the abbey. You know that.”
Calderon shook his head. “I do not know that. And neither do you. Where would you go? You do not even
