Shadow And Lace
“Beneath the melting snow, the land waited, silent and sleeping. Black branches stood naked and stark against the gray sky. Winter stripped of snow was an ugly creature, plain but habitable. Several of the guests at Caerleon took their polite leave, including the woman who had pronounced the castle cursed. Others followed Blaine's obstinate example and stayed on, filling their days with wagers over chess and draughts and their nights draining Gareth's generous supply of ale.The first day the lis...t was no longer a sea of mud found Rowena and Marlys tilting at a battered quintain. Marlys flung herself on the back of her piebald mare and charged the scarred shield nailed to the post.Her lance grazed the wooden shield, sending the quintain spinning. Rowena jumped up and down, clapping her hands, as Marlys guided her mount around the post before it could swing back and strike her. From where he sat on the gate, Blaine applauded dryly, though his eyes were not on Marlys, but Rowena. Rowena's blond hair spilled over the stark black of garments that had once been Marlys's after they had been Gareth's for a very long time.MoreLess
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