Souls of Aredyrah 3 - the Taking of the Dawn
“It had been fourteen days since Haskel had left to notify the clans of the Gathering, and he had said he’d be back in ten.
“Stop your frettin’,” Vania said from the table. “There’s nothin’ to worry about.”
Dayn flicked her a look of annoyance. She had uttered those same words to him at least a dozen times, but Dayn was not convinced that she meant them.
He stepped toward the kitchen window and peered through the panes.
“It’s been fourteen days,” he said.
“Aye, it has,” Vania said. She smiled at Morna who was sitting next to her, chopping vegetables. “Was it you that taught him to count, dear?”
Dayn marched to the table. “Shouldn’t we at least go to Uncle Nort’s to see if he made it that far?” he asked.
Vania grabbed a turnip and cleaved it with a thrust of her knife. The blade tapped against the cutting board as she chopped it into pieces. “Of course he made it that far,” she said. “Nort’s homestead is the closest one, isn’t it?” She rose and scraped the pieces of vegetable into a pot..., then slanted her eyes at Dayn.MoreLess
“Stop your frettin’,” Vania said from the table. “There’s nothin’ to worry about.”
Dayn flicked her a look of annoyance. She had uttered those same words to him at least a dozen times, but Dayn was not convinced that she meant them.
He stepped toward the kitchen window and peered through the panes.
“It’s been fourteen days,” he said.
“Aye, it has,” Vania said. She smiled at Morna who was sitting next to her, chopping vegetables. “Was it you that taught him to count, dear?”
Dayn marched to the table. “Shouldn’t we at least go to Uncle Nort’s to see if he made it that far?” he asked.
Vania grabbed a turnip and cleaved it with a thrust of her knife. The blade tapped against the cutting board as she chopped it into pieces. “Of course he made it that far,” she said. “Nort’s homestead is the closest one, isn’t it?” She rose and scraped the pieces of vegetable into a pot..., then slanted her eyes at Dayn.MoreLess
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