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The Alderently opened it "You say nothing?" he asked
"I am too…I am too startled to speak What about my duties in the kitchen?"
He looked closely at her, squinting "You will be replaced with another helper It happens often enough It would not be possible for you to do both duties, Lia You aze penetrated her soul "You will rounds for errands that I will send you on Be one of my advisors, like Prestwich and Pasqua And Martin You are to be one of the Abbey’s defenders now Since you are so talented with the Medium already, you will even handle soer The stones that defend us That is a duty that Jon could never fulfil because the Medium never heeded hiht of leaving the kitchen ain so soon? Her experience with Colvin in the Bearden Muir and Winterroas hardly a fortnight ago and she finally felt safe again Now the Aldermaston ruined it with his words Yet at the same time, she was excited, thrilled, that he trusted her despite her youth That he needed her That the Medium needed her
Her mind was so full, her question cairl before?"
"Pardon me, Lia?"
"As your hunter – I mean, as the Aldermaston’s hunter Has it always been a boy?"
His eyebrows furrowed "Does that s "What will everyone say? They onder why you choselike Getman Smith, or soes" They willinto his
He was quiet ato twist into annoyance
"Fools oats bleat" He reached down into the chest he hovered near and pulled out a bundle of soft blue fabric "They would fuss and fret no matter who I set in that position Many did the same when Jon became the Abbey’s hunter But only because they do not understand that I did not choose hiuided by the Medium, not bybegins Tonight though, you must dance" He approached and handed her the bundle, which she discovered to be a new cloak and dress
His voice was thick with eh for the Whitsunday festival I knew this tiht of the storry with you, that you stole so Yet the Medium forbid me to reclaim it from you or to chastise you You still wear it around your neck The Medium are that you would need it And you did, in the Bearden Muir Just as it is aware that you need this experience now Here, take these Your old cloak and dress are fit for rags now Pasqua has been telling ht is the ht it best if you and Sowe had new dresses and girdles Go child Return in theme my breakfast"
Lia bit her lip "Does Pasqua know?"
The Alderht, and I will tell her"
Lia took the soft bundle and hugged it to her chest Her feelings swar her with tears, but she clenched the to cry in front of hi to tell her that she could become a learner at the Abbey Colvin had proements for her to start when the new first years arrived? More than anything, she wanted a to She wanted to read about the mastons of the past and how they had learned to tame and be ta a hunter The experience in the Bearden Muir still haunted her drea her eyes, Lia nodded and turned away fro towards his always so tangled and confusing with him?
She hurried out of the manor house to the kitchen The sun was low in the sky and sinking fast The festival would begin soon Everything in her world was about to change
Desperately, she wanted to talk to sos and know she would be listened to So above them Her heart wrenched with confusion It was not Sowe she wanted to tell It was Colvin She was grateful that she would see hiht-mastons who had received their collars and spurs at Winterrowd had come to celebrate Whitsunday at Muirwood