Yuen-Mong's Revenge (60 page)

 
     
He searched her eyes for a long time. "I have decided that I will retire
to the Monastery of Repentance."

 
     
"May I come and visit you? And sometimes bring May and Ming
along? … And in time my own children?"

 
     
"The abbot does not allow women to visit."

 
     
"Then he will have to change his mind, won’t he?"

 
     
She saw his smile and was glad.

     
"You say, your own children?"

 
     
"Yes, Atun and I will get married. Will you give us your blessing?"

 
     
"Yuen-mong, you have my blessing. I think you have chosen well."

 
     
"Thank you, grandfather, and may I visit?"

 
     
"Yes, granddaughter, I would like that."

 
     
And every time the sight of my face will remind him of the daughter
he sent to her death, but I cannot help that either, even if I love him.

THE END

Sequel to
Yuen-mong’s Revenge:

YUEN-MONG’s CHALLENGE

When Yuen-mong prods the Foundation into adopting a more democratic
rule where women are given an equal voice to men, its conservative male
leadership plots to get rid of her. After two failed attempts by its secret
service to create an accident, they successfully destroy her spacecraft
while she visits Aros, and report that her space craft has been hit by
meteorites. Atun concludes that his love has perished.

     
Resuming her previous life on Aros, Yuen-mong discovers that she
is pregnant. She names her daughter Sue-ghen — ‘born to wisdom’. The
child has inherited her empathic talents and when she is eight, they
manage to reach Anouk’s mind by mentally combining their skills. Atun
secretly comes to fetch them. She only returns to Andromatis to
challenge the Foundation. Doing the seemingly impossible, she and
Atum bring about the Foundation’s dramatic downfall, heralding in
democratic rule on the Andromatis.

Other novels by Gian Bordin:

    
Historical fiction:

         
Summer of Love

         
The Twins

         
A Threesome

         
Anna, the Reluctant Courtesan

         
Chiara’s Revenge

    
Thrillers:

         
Ultimate Dare

         
Kidnapped

         
Frame-up