Viking Fire
“When she saw the mound of potatoes waiting for peeling, she shouted obscenities. Then she thrust the remaining heaps to two servants. “My lady’s never done a lick of labor in her life. I should have known better than to think her to handle this.”
The two servants bowed and then hurried to obey. They whispered and shot glares to Kaireen as slivers of potato skins flew around them.
The evening grew into mass chaos for Kaireen. Constantly she tripped and knocked things over.
When she turned the lo...aves of baking bread, three fell into the fire. An older servant sneered as smoke from the blackened bread choked the air.
The cook clamped her lips shut until the edges were whiter than the flour caked on strands of her dark hair. She smacked her palm with a wooden spoon then shoved the spoon at Kaireen. “See if you can manage to stir stew without burning it.” She paraded to the doorway and then glanced at the guests who arrived in the great hall. “Good. Looks like thirty. Scrape the sides.MoreLess
The two servants bowed and then hurried to obey. They whispered and shot glares to Kaireen as slivers of potato skins flew around them.
The evening grew into mass chaos for Kaireen. Constantly she tripped and knocked things over.
When she turned the lo...aves of baking bread, three fell into the fire. An older servant sneered as smoke from the blackened bread choked the air.
The cook clamped her lips shut until the edges were whiter than the flour caked on strands of her dark hair. She smacked her palm with a wooden spoon then shoved the spoon at Kaireen. “See if you can manage to stir stew without burning it.” She paraded to the doorway and then glanced at the guests who arrived in the great hall. “Good. Looks like thirty. Scrape the sides.MoreLess
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