Dragonskin Slippers
“Over tea and spiced biscuits I told her everything: the theft of the slippers, the decision to go to the Merchants’ Ball, Larkin’s betrayal, the fear that something had happened to Shardas.
“Who was this?” Ulfrid looked confused at this last detail.
“A friend. A very dear friend. Amalia must want him for … something. I don’t know what. But Larkin helped her to find him. She’s been to his home, or else Amalia has told her about his home. Something terrible has happened to him, I just know it.”
“First this princess took your slippers, then she took your friend?” Ulfrid was still perplexed. “This is strange indeed.”
“Can we send a message to Luka?”
“Yes. I will ask him to come here tonight, and you can tell him in person. But for now, I will have a girl show you to your room.”
“So I can stay?”
Ulfrid, in her taciturn way, didn’t bother to answer. She just pushed through the swinging doors into the kitchen, sending a maid out to lead me upstairs. Eyeing me oddly, the serving maid took me ...to the little room I had occupied almost two months ago, when I had first come to the King’s Seat.MoreLess
“Who was this?” Ulfrid looked confused at this last detail.
“A friend. A very dear friend. Amalia must want him for … something. I don’t know what. But Larkin helped her to find him. She’s been to his home, or else Amalia has told her about his home. Something terrible has happened to him, I just know it.”
“First this princess took your slippers, then she took your friend?” Ulfrid was still perplexed. “This is strange indeed.”
“Can we send a message to Luka?”
“Yes. I will ask him to come here tonight, and you can tell him in person. But for now, I will have a girl show you to your room.”
“So I can stay?”
Ulfrid, in her taciturn way, didn’t bother to answer. She just pushed through the swinging doors into the kitchen, sending a maid out to lead me upstairs. Eyeing me oddly, the serving maid took me ...to the little room I had occupied almost two months ago, when I had first come to the King’s Seat.MoreLess
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