The Twelve Kingdoms: the Mark of the Tala
“They broke out a dark-red wine I’d never tasted before and shared it around.
It didn’t take much of that before all the missed sleep caught up to me and swept me under. Rayfe tucked me into a roll of fur blankets and curled up at my back. For the first time in my life, I slept under the stars instead of a roof. The animal in my heart uncurled and relaxed at the freedom of it. I fell asleep wondering what kind of animal she was, what I could become.
In the morning, Rayfe asked me to leave my hai...r loose and I saw no reason not to indulge him. When I brushed it out, it shone from being washed in the cold lake water. The long swing of it felt right somehow as I mounted Fiona. They hadn’t brought her saddle or bridle, so I rode her bareback, as I’d often done in my more carefree youth. That felt right, too.
Thus I rode into the heart of Annfwn, on my own horse, at Rayfe’s right hand, followed by a triumphant troop of long-haired shape-shifting barbarians.
It was so much better than riding into Windroven.MoreLess
It didn’t take much of that before all the missed sleep caught up to me and swept me under. Rayfe tucked me into a roll of fur blankets and curled up at my back. For the first time in my life, I slept under the stars instead of a roof. The animal in my heart uncurled and relaxed at the freedom of it. I fell asleep wondering what kind of animal she was, what I could become.
In the morning, Rayfe asked me to leave my hai...r loose and I saw no reason not to indulge him. When I brushed it out, it shone from being washed in the cold lake water. The long swing of it felt right somehow as I mounted Fiona. They hadn’t brought her saddle or bridle, so I rode her bareback, as I’d often done in my more carefree youth. That felt right, too.
Thus I rode into the heart of Annfwn, on my own horse, at Rayfe’s right hand, followed by a triumphant troop of long-haired shape-shifting barbarians.
It was so much better than riding into Windroven.MoreLess
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