Red Winter
“As soon as he started working on Kashtan, though, he began to relax. He lifted her leg between his knees and cleared the hoof before rasping it and clipping away any loose pieces that might catch and tear.
Anna stayed close to him, her dark eyes watching me with suspicion. She was probably no more than twelve years old, but she had a hard expression, like someone who had seen too much of life, and she stood still, passing a hoof knife from one hand to the other, moving only when Lev asked her t...o fetch or hold something for him.
The dog lay with his chin between his paws, his eyebrows twitching as he watched us. He behaved as if he had no particular bond to any of us and was only interested in protecting himself but, for some reason, preferred to be in our company. He wasn’t the only one who didn’t want to be alone.
‘You look like you know what you’re doing,’ I said to Lev.
‘I’ve done it before,’ he replied without looking up.
‘But you’re not a blacksmith.’ ‘No,’ he said.MoreLess
Anna stayed close to him, her dark eyes watching me with suspicion. She was probably no more than twelve years old, but she had a hard expression, like someone who had seen too much of life, and she stood still, passing a hoof knife from one hand to the other, moving only when Lev asked her t...o fetch or hold something for him.
The dog lay with his chin between his paws, his eyebrows twitching as he watched us. He behaved as if he had no particular bond to any of us and was only interested in protecting himself but, for some reason, preferred to be in our company. He wasn’t the only one who didn’t want to be alone.
‘You look like you know what you’re doing,’ I said to Lev.
‘I’ve done it before,’ he replied without looking up.
‘But you’re not a blacksmith.’ ‘No,’ he said.MoreLess
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