Frostflower and Windbourne (Frostflower & Thorn) by Phyllis Ann Karr

Author:Phyllis Ann Karr [Karr, Phyllis Ann]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: fantasy, terry brooks, magic, sword and sorcery, warrior
ISBN: 9781434447555
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: 2013-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

“Eaglesight and I could play witnesses, if not acolytes,” Youngwise suggested. “With ruling priestess, first townmaster, and first wallkeeper all telling the same tale, who would believe a different one from the mouth of a sorceress?”

Eleva nodded. “So, Frostflower, you will be our guest for a while. Now tell us your story while we outwait my sibs.”

Frostflower drank half a cup of water but ate nothing. She told last summer’s events very simply, omitting much. She did not tell how Starwind was born, for that would be to confess to illegal sorcering; nor did she identify his mother with the swordswoman of the ballad. Fortunately, the ballad—at least the version she had heard—was vague enough on that point that she could say simply, “The babe was given to me by a mother who did not want him, but the priests could not believe this.”

The townmaster and wallkeeper, having heard the ballad before, listened to Frostflower’s story with no perceptible change of attitude toward her. The priestess, however, trembled slightly and moved farther from the sorceress.

“So you can blast your enemies,” said Eleva. “With age, with lightning, or with…”

“We can, Lady. But we prefer not to. It costs us a very great price. I did not guide that bolt to the priest.”

“And who were they?” asked Youngwise. “The priests, the warriors, the merchant—who were they all, eh?”

“It is not always pleasant to be known as a person in a ballad,” the sorceress replied. “Without their own assurances otherwise, I must assume that if they have not already revealed themselves, they prefer not to be known.”

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