-Interlude XIII-
Bodden
Summer 960 MC
Anna hugged her faithful dog, “I’m so glad you were there, Tempus. I’ll never let anything like that happen to you again.”
“How old is he?” asked Hayley. “He’s showing grey around his muzzle.”
“He's quite old,” responded Albreda, “though his healing at the hands of Andronicus has helped him immensely.”
Fitz was startled, “The Royal Life Mage healed him? He wouldn’t even heal Gerald.”
“I suspect,” offered Beverly, “that the request never even got to him.”
“Valmar!” spat out her father.
“Precisely!” concurred Beverly.
“I don’t understand why Valmar seems to hate you so much,” commented Hayley.
“I do,” said Gerald. “It’s jealousy. Valmar is the marshal-general, but he’ll never have the ability of the baron. He's the best commander in the kingdo
