Nine
Lightning
Autumn 945 MC
Summer made its way to autumn, with the weather turning into the cooler days that typically precede the coming of snow. Beverly, who once she made up her mind about something carried through, found her days to be busy. She had work to do in the stables every morning, weapons practise every afternoon and visited Aldwin almost every evening. At these visits, she noticed that Aldwin was growing at an alarming rate, so she started bringing him food. Her father suspected that he would be a large man when he finished growing; the makings an excellent smith. The evidence appeared to support it, for word of his work had spread, and now the smithy found more warriors coming to have the grips replaced on their weapons. Old Man Grady was pleased with the influx of new
