Grayling's Song
“Grayling tossed and turned as the wind yowled like a hungry cat trying to get inside.
During the night, with a grawk and a cronk, Pook the mouse had burst from Grayling’s pocket in a flutter of black feathers. After Grayling explained him to her gobsmacked companions, Pook—now Pook the raven—flapped his wings and settled on the windowsill, where he pecked at the glass all night.
Morning was quiet in the inn. The baldheaded waiter brought bread and honey and peaches from the south, where it was ...still summer, to their table. Grayling sat with juice running down her chin, waiting for someone to suggest a plan, but no one said a word. Finally she swallowed and asked, “How shall we begin?”
“We?” asked Pansy. “Must I go? They are preparing pigeon pie for supper.”
Auld Nancy pinched Pansy’s ear. “I am responsible for you, so where I go, you go. We will follow the sound of Grayling’s singing grimoire and hope to put an end to this dark witchery.”
As Desdemona Cork was too conspicuous, Pansy too afraid, and Grayling reluctant, Auld Nancy went first.MoreLess
During the night, with a grawk and a cronk, Pook the mouse had burst from Grayling’s pocket in a flutter of black feathers. After Grayling explained him to her gobsmacked companions, Pook—now Pook the raven—flapped his wings and settled on the windowsill, where he pecked at the glass all night.
Morning was quiet in the inn. The baldheaded waiter brought bread and honey and peaches from the south, where it was ...still summer, to their table. Grayling sat with juice running down her chin, waiting for someone to suggest a plan, but no one said a word. Finally she swallowed and asked, “How shall we begin?”
“We?” asked Pansy. “Must I go? They are preparing pigeon pie for supper.”
Auld Nancy pinched Pansy’s ear. “I am responsible for you, so where I go, you go. We will follow the sound of Grayling’s singing grimoire and hope to put an end to this dark witchery.”
As Desdemona Cork was too conspicuous, Pansy too afraid, and Grayling reluctant, Auld Nancy went first.MoreLess
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