Sword of Hemlock (Lords of Syon Saga book 1)
“breathed Gikka, setting her candle down on the work table. She drew her shawl up about her shoulders and let the mews door close softly behind her. “If it ain’t Colaris, come bearing tidings!”
The little hawk’s slender, black-edged wings hung down and away from his body, and he held his beak open to pant in spite of the cold night air spilling in from the open window behind him. She could tell that he had flown hard tonight, keeping low over the trees as was his wont during the war in spite ...of the darkness, and now he stood tapping his foot irritably, the one with the little scrollcase strapped to the ankle. His owlish eyes glared at her before he fluffed his feathers and gave the bellpull one more ill-mannered jerk.
“A bit slighted, are we, to carry my lord’s messages about?” She laughed gently and took the rope from his beak just as he was about to pull it again. “Oh, no. I’ll thank you to leave the bell lie a bit.” She set down the small pan of water she had brought up with her and stroked his back once before she strapped the falconing glove on her arm. “Here you are, and mind you drink it slow.”MoreLess
The little hawk’s slender, black-edged wings hung down and away from his body, and he held his beak open to pant in spite of the cold night air spilling in from the open window behind him. She could tell that he had flown hard tonight, keeping low over the trees as was his wont during the war in spite ...of the darkness, and now he stood tapping his foot irritably, the one with the little scrollcase strapped to the ankle. His owlish eyes glared at her before he fluffed his feathers and gave the bellpull one more ill-mannered jerk.
“A bit slighted, are we, to carry my lord’s messages about?” She laughed gently and took the rope from his beak just as he was about to pull it again. “Oh, no. I’ll thank you to leave the bell lie a bit.” She set down the small pan of water she had brought up with her and stroked his back once before she strapped the falconing glove on her arm. “Here you are, and mind you drink it slow.”MoreLess
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