Castles in the Air
Castles in the Air
“Raymond glared at Keir. “How would you know? You failed to appear in the great hall last night.”
Keir finished pounding a glowing plowshare and plunged it into water before he answered. “I’ve met your parents.”
“So has Juliana, now,” Raymond said gloomily.
“Will she still wed you?”
“On Twelfth Night.”
Keir put his tools aside and wiped his hand on a cloth. “In a hurry?”
“I cannot let her get away from me.” Raymond walked to the door of the smithy and grasped the frame with his hand. “I woke thi...s morning and found her gone, and leaped up like any crazed man who thought he possessed a fairy.”
“Did you find her?”
With a disgusted look at his friend, Raymond said, “She was packing Felix’s nose in snow to slow the swelling. She didn’t want me to know for fear I’d tear him into little bits.”
“Did you?”
Raymond smiled an evil smile. “I made him think I would. He fled the hall most precipitously, and I think I’ll find him and…suggest he leave Lofts Castle just as precipitously.”MoreLess
Keir finished pounding a glowing plowshare and plunged it into water before he answered. “I’ve met your parents.”
“So has Juliana, now,” Raymond said gloomily.
“Will she still wed you?”
“On Twelfth Night.”
Keir put his tools aside and wiped his hand on a cloth. “In a hurry?”
“I cannot let her get away from me.” Raymond walked to the door of the smithy and grasped the frame with his hand. “I woke thi...s morning and found her gone, and leaped up like any crazed man who thought he possessed a fairy.”
“Did you find her?”
With a disgusted look at his friend, Raymond said, “She was packing Felix’s nose in snow to slow the swelling. She didn’t want me to know for fear I’d tear him into little bits.”
“Did you?”
Raymond smiled an evil smile. “I made him think I would. He fled the hall most precipitously, and I think I’ll find him and…suggest he leave Lofts Castle just as precipitously.”MoreLess
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