The Gathering Storm (2004)
“Heribert tucked blankets in around him as Liath beckoned to Hathui.
“I pray you, give me a report of what has transpired while I have been gone.”
“Have you a day for the telling?”
Liath smiled wryly. “I have not. Tell me what is most important. I can learn the rest later. Come, you can speak to me while I sit with my daughter.”
“I’ll stay with Prince Sanglant,” said Heribert.
Liath found Blessing attended by an old man whose naked torso was entirely tattooed with intertwined animals. His eyes w...idened when he saw her, and he backed away respectfully, humming in his reedy voice. The sound shuddered up and down her spine like the wandering of an unfinished spell, seeking an entrance.
Others bowed, acknowledging her: the Kerayit healer and a trio of anxious Wendish attendants—the young woman with the peculiar skin color called Anna, a youth by name of Matto, and a young lord named Thiemo who seemed sweet on Anna and annoyed with Matto, although he and the other youth were of an age and might surely otherwise be expected to be friendly companions.MoreLess
“I pray you, give me a report of what has transpired while I have been gone.”
“Have you a day for the telling?”
Liath smiled wryly. “I have not. Tell me what is most important. I can learn the rest later. Come, you can speak to me while I sit with my daughter.”
“I’ll stay with Prince Sanglant,” said Heribert.
Liath found Blessing attended by an old man whose naked torso was entirely tattooed with intertwined animals. His eyes w...idened when he saw her, and he backed away respectfully, humming in his reedy voice. The sound shuddered up and down her spine like the wandering of an unfinished spell, seeking an entrance.
Others bowed, acknowledging her: the Kerayit healer and a trio of anxious Wendish attendants—the young woman with the peculiar skin color called Anna, a youth by name of Matto, and a young lord named Thiemo who seemed sweet on Anna and annoyed with Matto, although he and the other youth were of an age and might surely otherwise be expected to be friendly companions.MoreLess
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