The Firebird's Vengeance
“She shot up in bed, her heart pounding.“Mistress …” came Richikha’s startled voice.“Is she here?” demanded a woman shrilly.Bridget tossed aside the heavy bedclothes and scrambled from the bed. The stones were cold under her stockinged feet as she hurried around the bed screens.The room’s single window showed that dawn had just begun to light the sky. Richikha and Prathad, both of them up and dressed, blocked the path of a tall woman whose white hair was piled high on her head. Anger tightened h...er face, making her cheekbones stand out sharply and darkening her blue eyes.“Good morning, Mistress Urshila,” said Bridget, coming forward to join her determined, but outmatched maids. “I did not think …”“Evidently not,” snapped the other woman. “You send for the lord sorcerer, you send for the southerner, but you do not send for your teacher. I can only hope this is misguided courtesy on the part of a student determined to be careful of my age and greying head.”Bridget accepted the rebuke.MoreLess
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