Chapter 190 - Take Care Of Yourself, Abby (2/2)

She listened to it a lot when she needed a reminder than Blaise was out there and he cared about her. When the first letter came back with Al she pounced on it with a desperation that made her brother-in-law laugh. Curse him.

Blaise wrote about how Raisha was smaller than Ilmir but had a similar feel to it. They were currently constructing an inn so the Warriors wouldn't freeze to death after their experience last winter and he was grateful for it.

He said the bakery there was slightly lower quality than Sia's but it was still way better than the rations. Since the citizens of Raisha had all seen the Warriors at least once before, there were no restrictions about leaving the camp like last time.

One of the warriors, a man named Garrit, discovered that a cousin he hadn't seen since he was a child had married a clansman and moved here two years ago. She hadn't been able to attend the end-of-harvest celebration because she was heavily pregnant at the time.

He ended the letter by assuring her that the ribbon was well taken care of and that he wished he could see her soon. The way he wrote letters was so similar to the way he spoke that Abby could practically hear his voice.

She wasn't able to visit with Al for the next two months because of various other commitments but wrote Blaise letters each time. When she finally was able to visit, the harvest had already ended.

The Warriors were terribly busy that day but Carrick allowed him two hours of reprieve to spend time with her. They were absolutely wonderful but not nearly enough.

”Do you really have to go back already?” Abby asked sadly.

”Yes,” Blaise said regretfully. ”The commander will have my head if I am not back on time. He barely allowed me to get away as is. You will still be here tomorrow, won't you?”

She nodded. Al had a lot of business to take care of so they were staying an extra day. ”Yeah but I'll only get to see you at lunch this time.”

He hugged her tightly and pressed a gentle kiss against her forehead. ”I will take what I can get. Any time with you is far superior to none at all.”

Abby wished him luck with the rest of the day's training and headed back to Mitzi's house where she was staying for the night. It was still light out but it was getting fairly late. Carrick only allowed Blaise two hours around dinner because they had a very early start running a training course on a steeper part of the mountain the next day.

Kel was already asleep because of how early he would have to wake up the next day so she ended up chatting with her friend about how the new printing office was faring.

”Oh, it's going great! We don't have as many people as we would like but now we're capable of training our own apprentices. We have four of them already,” Mitzi said enthusiastically. ”We have a fair amount of books and board games to send back with you already.”

Well, it was nice to hear that things were going well for someone. Abby was still a bit depressed that she had come all this way to see so little of her boyfriend.