The Raven Ring
“Their offerings included a large bowl of steamed clams, a platter of soft white cheese mixed with herbs, hot bread, plums preserved in wine, cold sliced beef, and several things Eleret did not recognize. Sternly suppressing an unexpected longing for a plain bowl of porridge, Eleret took a little cheese and some bread, and what her mother had called “tasting samples” of the other foods.Lady Kistran had already heaped her plate with clams and a thick green paste studded with chunks of something w...hite. As Daner and Eleret finished choosing their meals, she smiled at Eleret and said, “Daner tells me you have some questions about your cards, Freelady.”Eleret nodded. “Especially since the charting was…interrupted so spectacularly.”“Yes, Baroja told me.” Lady Kistran separated one clam from the rest and inspected it. “How far into the chart did the Luck-seer get?”“She was just starting on El—Freelady Salven’s future,” Daner said. “That’s what is worrying us. There were eleven cards left to turn, and after things calmed down we found eleven with singe marks.MoreLess
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