Clearing the Web by Cary J. Lenehan

Author:Cary J. Lenehan [Lenehan, Cary J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: high fantasy, epic fantasy, fantasy
ISBN: 9780994522955
Publisher: IFWG Publishing Australia
Published: 2018-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter XXXVIII

29th Sixtus,

the Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist

Eventually, summer ended in autumn, and many of the trees began to turn gold. Even though many of the trees in the surrounding forests were gums, on the upper slopes the beech led the way in changing colour in a spectacular fashion. The people of the valley made their harvests, and began to prepare for the winter, with fodder and hay brought in and with large supplies of timber for the fires stacked ready behind the village wall.

There was still one major event on the calendar of the village that all of them were eagerly looking forward to. Only after it is over will Thord return to the Dwarves. Rani was thinking that it is time for them to start making some of the visits that they have been putting off.

The twenty-ninth of Sixtus, the feast of John the Baptist, was the anniversary of their attack on the village. As it grew closer, Ruth reminded the children of what had happened. The children’s daily play even turned more to combat, rather than the simpler and more childish games. One would stalk another as she walked from one part of the village to another, hiding in the shadows and pretending to be Ayesha attacking the guards. Another would be asleep in bed and a sister would jump on them.

The children still had nightmares sometimes, but it seemed that, through their play and acting out the events of the night of their freedom, they were starting to put some of what had happened behind them.

The feast itself was spectacular. They had been preparing for some time for it. All of the new things that they were making were on display, new foods were shown off, new drinks were drunk, and the apprentice mages showed off some of their spells to everyone. Everyone put on their best displays of entertainment, dances were danced, and they all enjoyed themselves.

Astrid, to her chagrin, got completely drunk that evening. She had not had a single drink for six months, and what she had at the feast left her very unsteady indeed. She suffered badly for her enjoyment the next day, when she had to get up early to farewell Thord. She was glad to be able to go back to bed, being woken only to feed her children.

She was not the only one. Thord had also gotten drunk, and had the thought that leaving his departure until the next day might be a better idea as well, but he put the thought aside as he knew that he had to move on. The whole village realised that the time of rest was starting to end. When he left to ride up into the mountains, he had a letter from the Princesses telling the Mayor that the Mice would be making a call on him soon.

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