Once Upon a Knight (2009)
“Then the groans, and what almost sounded like sobbing. She’d be better able to tell if her ears weren’t covered over with the ends of her shawl and then further muffled with the blanket to cover the whole. It was the only way she’d been able to sleep.
It wasn’t enough that she was surrounded by more men than she’d ever seen assembled in one place, nor that her husband kept a certain distance from her the entire eve. No. Those men had to sit about the enormous fire they’d made in order to overcook the venison some of them had hunted for sup, fill their bellies, and finish it off with drinking from little dark oaken kegs of ale that had materialized from the sides and backs of their horses. That hadn’t been the worst of it, either. Oh, no. This amount of men, steeped this much in mead, were louder and more boisterous than any fest Eschoncan Keep had hosted. Their voices had gotten progressively bolder, more riotous, and with a celebratory edge she couldn’t mistake. They were obviously h...appy at finding Vincent.MoreLess
It wasn’t enough that she was surrounded by more men than she’d ever seen assembled in one place, nor that her husband kept a certain distance from her the entire eve. No. Those men had to sit about the enormous fire they’d made in order to overcook the venison some of them had hunted for sup, fill their bellies, and finish it off with drinking from little dark oaken kegs of ale that had materialized from the sides and backs of their horses. That hadn’t been the worst of it, either. Oh, no. This amount of men, steeped this much in mead, were louder and more boisterous than any fest Eschoncan Keep had hosted. Their voices had gotten progressively bolder, more riotous, and with a celebratory edge she couldn’t mistake. They were obviously h...appy at finding Vincent.MoreLess
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