Chapter 21
Stones
What were you talking about?” Adelaide asked. She was sitting quietly between Ranulf and Benjamin, and looked up when Nicolas came back inside the earthy home.
The bladesmith apprentice was asleep, but even in the dim light from the firepit, Nicolas could see the older boy was looking much better. Benjamin was barely awake. His eyes were sleepy, and he kept slowly blinking, trying to stay awake. After Adelaide had awoken, she’d fretted over the two boys like a mother hen. She’d clucked about the tender bump on Benjamin’s head and the bruise on his side. She’d cooed about how weak Ranulf felt and the need for him to stay still. She’d worried over a simple soup of carrot and onions with mutton broth, and clacked at both boys until they’d eaten and drunk all they could. S
