December 31, 1371
December 31, 1371Feast Day of Saint Sylvester, Saint Columba, Saint Melania the Younger.
Feast Day of Saint Sylvester, Saint Columba, Saint Melania the Younger.Hogmanay
HogmanayThe sun rose, a blood-red disk wreathed in wraithlike clouds. The very sight made me shiver. I stood on the trunk and stared out the high windows of the solar, watching the eastern wind whip the ocean waves higher. The sea was a hundred hues of inky darkness, the sky filled with dark clouds.
There was a storm coming and it looked to be a fierce one.
It was a bad portent for the day. My sister slept, untroubled, her hair cast across the pillow in blonde waves. She smiled in her slumber, happy at last, and my heart ached at the sight of her.
Merlyn was right. It was time for all old secrets to
