Change of Season
‘Yashi, gone away? And Elaaron too?’ Irenya echoed the horse master. ‘But where? How long for?’
‘To Tire,’ he replied. ‘Once they are over the mountains, and then to Dael Gaia. They be back afore the winter sets in.’
‘But that’s ages.’ She waved an arm at the blue sky. ‘He never said a word to me.’
The man leaned closer, his wide face, small nose, and large ears in keeping with his task as a horse master. ‘If you are talking about Yashi, my lady, guards do not get asked. They get told, pack your kit—we leave at dawn. That Prince Lendel is also with the company. As for the archprince, he is frequently away.’ He slapped a hand on his companion’s shoulder. ‘But Yashi asked Julis to take you riding. Said he did not want to return and find you riding Nettle like a bag of sy
