December 25, 1371
December 25, 1371Christmas Day, Nativity of Jesus Christ, Feast day of Saint Eugenia and Saint Anastasia
Christmas Day, Nativity of Jesus Christ, Feast day of Saint Eugenia and Saint AnastasiaThe darkness had only just begun to recede and the coldest air of the morning was slipping beneath the tattered hide tacked over the sole window in our chamber. I lay abed, tasting Merlyn upon my tongue and wishing I did not.
I was thinking that it was time we rose for mass at dawn. Tynan had finally fallen into slumber and I was reluctant to wake him. So, I lingered abed, waiting for the bell of the chapel to toll, savoring the haze of my dream.
I heard the hoof beats of a fine horse once more.
My drowsiness was immediately banished. I knew from the proud clatter of shod hooves
