Chapter Two
In which Helewise Dale revives a star.
The starflowers and the bees and the honey had occupied Helewise’s time so well, their withdrawal from her everyday concerns left her feeling bereft. The time came where Southtown had completed its transformation into the Wynweald, and more than sufficient starflowers carpeted the dales. The bees of Sevenleaf and Thistledown and beyond had performed their work diligently, producing more than ample honey even to meet the exacting standards of Pippin Greensleeves. The alorin was made, by what means Helewise knew not. She no longer saw many of the motley folk at market, and those who still came were different from before: no longer frail and fraught and froward but stronger, more vibrant and much more at ease. She saw nothing of the King of
