Firebrand
“‘Agnes Sampson and James the Sixth.’ Branndair tumbled over my foot, so I swept him up in one hand and set him down where he wanted to go. When we were at home it was safe enough for the cubs to be with us; when we were away we always hid them in an old badger sett halfway up the hill. They knew to stay there and stay silent—they were Sithe wolves and they’d learned that before they even learned not to piss in the blackhouse—but still, we hid the entrance of the sett with rocks and branches to ...be on the safe side.
In a shadowy corner of the room, a darker shadow himself, Branndair began to stalk a knotted piece of old rope I’d given him for a toy. Far more regal and superior, Liath sprawled on her back in Conal’s lap, pretending to be asleep. Rubbing her belly, he went on doggedly educating me against my will.
‘James the Sixth, Murlainn. Whose mother was?’ ‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ I said in a bored voice.
‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ he agreed, ‘who introduced a statute banning witchcraft in 1563.’ ‘Who provoked rebellion by her captains, was betrayed to a neighbouring state and decapitated after due judicial process,’ I said, only half under my breath, ‘thus setting an intriguing precedent.’ Conal didn’t say anything.MoreLess
In a shadowy corner of the room, a darker shadow himself, Branndair began to stalk a knotted piece of old rope I’d given him for a toy. Far more regal and superior, Liath sprawled on her back in Conal’s lap, pretending to be asleep. Rubbing her belly, he went on doggedly educating me against my will.
‘James the Sixth, Murlainn. Whose mother was?’ ‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ I said in a bored voice.
‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ he agreed, ‘who introduced a statute banning witchcraft in 1563.’ ‘Who provoked rebellion by her captains, was betrayed to a neighbouring state and decapitated after due judicial process,’ I said, only half under my breath, ‘thus setting an intriguing precedent.’ Conal didn’t say anything.MoreLess
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