Summers At Castle Auburn
“Angela and Marian returned from a morning ride reporting that they had seen a crazed wolf along the trail, foam feathering its mouth and wildness in its dark eyes. Wolves were rare this close to the civilized environs of the castle, though not unheard of. A sick one was rarer still, and more to be feared. The regent sent out a party of hunters, but though they found the animal’s tracks, they could not locate him.“That means you girls will have to stay on the grounds until the animal’s been kill...ed,” Greta told us firmly. Elisandra nodded, but I protested vehemently.“Stay on the grounds! But there’s nothing to do here!”“There’s plenty to do! You can practice your dance steps, rehearse your heraldry, help Cressida with the fine mending—because, I declare, I can’t imagine that you have a single undergarment that isn’t in complete tatters—”“I meant, nothing fun to do,” I said impatiently. “And we’ve been cooped up for weeks!”“Days, maybe,” Elisandra murmured, for I had exaggerated; but the last two days had been wet and dreary, and we had been kept mostly indoors.I flounced to one of the lace-edged chairs liberally scattered throughout Greta’s quarters.MoreLess
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