Alexander by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medieval
Published: 2018-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

After she had finished her bath, Madelina dressed in the clothes she’d just removed. They were filthy, and she wished her other clothes were available to her, but they were still in one of the wagons. She used the salve on her thighs again, pleased with how well the medicine was easing her pain.

Descending the stairs, she wasn’t certain what she’d find, but when she walked into the room where Alex sat with his parents, all eyes went to her. “Letice is sleeping. I showed her to her room, and she climbed under the covers, shoes and all. I think she’s as tired as I am.”

“Supper will be in a few minutes,” Alex told her. “You can get a good night’s sleep after that.”

Madelina nodded, sitting on the arm of the window seat where he was relaxing. She needed his strength to make it through the night. She was so tired, she wasn’t sure if she would make it through no matter what she did. “I would enjoy that.”

He grinned up at her. “I was telling my parents about your family and the special powers the ladies have.”

“Oh!” Madelina hadn’t expected him to tell them about the powers, so she was a bit surprised. “Yes, the ladies of my family have very strange powers.”

“I know that when Roland was told that he would be getting Sir Robert’s eldest daughter, there was much laughter because she was reputed to be a witch,” Sir Ralph said. “Is your mother a witch?”

Madelina was used to the question, and she immediately shook her head. “No, we are all Christians, and we wear the cross, which we couldn’t do if we were witches. We believe our powers come from God, but we do have powers.”

“But only the women in your family have powers?” he asked.

“Until this generation, there were no boys, so yes, the girls have the powers. I have brothers and male cousins because my mother and her sisters were able to fulfill the family’s destiny by conquering evil.” She knew many people would think what she said was nonsense, but with a family who believed in luck so strongly, surely he would believe what she said.

“According to Alex, your power is to control the weather. Is that true?”

“Yes, it is.” She was tired, but she closed her eyes, letting the snow fall into the sitting room. She opened her eyes when his mother gasped with alarm. Laughing softly, she ordered the snow to stop. “You’ll find that I can’t always control it, and there will sometimes be snow inside when you least expect it.”

“That must make it hard when you are at court or traveling,” his mother said.

“I’ve never been to court, and I’ve never traveled before this week. I imagine it will be very hard, but I will mostly stay home as I can. Our lands were isolated enough that few people ever visited, except peasants wanting to be healed.” She hadn’t thought about how much her family’s isolation probably had to do with her and her lack of control over her powers.

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