“Of course it is,” agreed Gesa. “That is why you and I must play and laugh while we do it.”
Without meaning to Attila looked apprehensively over her shoulder.
She was half afraid they were challenging the Gods and at any moment fear and danger would be back again.
“Forget them!” said Gesa, reading her thoughts. “I promise they will not follow us any further.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because once out of their own territory they have no power, and I don’t think anyone else would be foolish enough to trust them like I did.”
“You must be very careful in the future, Gesa.” Attila told him seriously.
“Would it matter to you if I was not?”
Attila could not quite think how she should answer that question.
Then as she looked at him, their eyes met.
Somehow everything around them disapp
