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Part Ten

Medowin awoke from strange slumbers to find herself wrapped gently in soft linens, her limbs warm, her head confused with dreams. Nine Trees sat on the edge of the bed, dozing, and she reached for him, and he turned and … Continue reading

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Part Nine

It was not quite a mile from the town proper where Nine Trees spied the woman running toward them, her hair unbound and flying out behind her, her boots muddied and her cloak flapping about her ankles as she reached … Continue reading

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Part Eight

Medowin was afraid and lonely in the many hours before Nine Trees was able to arrive with his new charge. She heard over and over again the wrathful words of the woman she had visited twoscore and ten years before. … Continue reading

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Part Seven

When Nine Trees heard Medowin’s summons, he was in the midst of helping Laila pack. She had gone to her room to find suitable packs for carrying, and he was actually nibbling on the leftovers from breakfast, humming to himself, … Continue reading

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Part Six

It was the same as it had been nearly fifty years earlier, with perhaps a new coat of white wash on some fences, different children, children of children of children that ran through the streets that Medowin had walked some … Continue reading

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