My Shadow Warrior (2005)
My Shadow Warrior
“Rain chattered on the thatching. She inhaled sharply, peat smoke choking her. The small smoke hole in the thatching had been stopped up to keep the rain out and the warmth in.The blacksmith stumbled out of bed and threw the door open.“Is the healer still here?” a desperate voice asked.Rose pushed herself up. “Aye, I am.”A boy darted under the blacksmith’s arm. “You must come! My sister is dying!”Rose had not bothered to undress, so she slipped on her shoes, threw her arisaid over her head, grab...bed her wooden box, and followed the boy into the rain. He led her to a cottage at the edge of the small village. The door opened immediately at their knock. A painfully thin woman stood there, her damp, hollowed eyes passing over Rose and the boy, scanning the emptiness behind them. Her face fell when she realized they were alone.“Where’s the MacKay?” she asked.“He won’t come,” the boy said.Rose gritted her teeth. Some healer. Had he not said to her, I certainly cannot go hieing off to heal strangers when people I know are in need?MoreLess
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