Winterlands 2 - Dragonshadow
Winterlands 2 - Dragonshadow
“Commander Rocklys slapped the scroll down onto her desk so hard the sealing-wax shattered. “A thousand times a fool! Grond’s beard, who the … ” She looked up angrily as the chamberlain stopped short in the doorway, and her face altered when she saw Jenny at the man’s slippered heels. “Mistress Waynest!” She sprang to her feet, reminding Jenny of a big tawny puma. “Thank the Twelve you’re back safe!” Genuine concern twisted her brow. “Did you find this bandit wizard? Did you bring her here?”
Jenny inclined her head. “And I think you’ll find her more than amenable to the idea of a school. Please …” She caught the Commander’s arm as Rocklys made to stride past her into the anteroom. “She’s very young,” she said, looking up into Rocklys’ face, “and she has been badly used. Be very, very gentle with her.”
Rain pounded on the wood shakes of the roof. The parade ground beyond the window was a dreary piebald of rain-pocked gray mud in which the eight surviving members of Rocklys’ orig...inal twenty-five unloaded their meagre gear.MoreLess
Jenny inclined her head. “And I think you’ll find her more than amenable to the idea of a school. Please …” She caught the Commander’s arm as Rocklys made to stride past her into the anteroom. “She’s very young,” she said, looking up into Rocklys’ face, “and she has been badly used. Be very, very gentle with her.”
Rain pounded on the wood shakes of the roof. The parade ground beyond the window was a dreary piebald of rain-pocked gray mud in which the eight surviving members of Rocklys’ orig...inal twenty-five unloaded their meagre gear.MoreLess
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