Ironheart by N.J. Layouni

Author:N.J. Layouni
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: N.J. Layouni
Published: 2016-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

A month passed. Endless days that overflowed with misery. Bleak, interminable torment that haunted him both night and day. Since parting with Isobel, Anselm’s spirits hung lower than the pendulous teats of Gerda, his father’s best sow.

Lying on his back on his pallet in the great hall, Anselm sighed and stared into the glowing embers of the fire. It was late, and once again the blessed oblivion of sleep eluded him. On the pallet beside his, Vadim slumbered peacefully beneath a mound of furs, and from behind the screen at the far end of the hall, Father’s deep snores resonated in the darkness, mingling with the various nighttime sounds of the livestock.

Anselm envied them all, even the cow. Unable to get comfortable, he rolled onto his side, the straw mattress rustling beneath his weight.

This could not go on. He had no appetite for life now that Isobel was no longer a part of it.

He had even begun visiting Dareth with Vadim in an attempt to wear himself out with the vigorous exercise of sword training. But it did not help. Nothing did.

There was only one thing for it. He must return to Mullin. Perhaps another dose of humiliation would cure him of his malady and finally snuff out the spark of hope that still resided within his foolish heart.

The idea had been Vadim’s. He had seen Isobel once or twice when he had been off visiting his pretty widow, and according to him, Isobel rarely smiled anymore. She seemed always distracted and low. Could it be true? Was it, as Vadim suggested, his absence that had made her that way? There was only one way to find out.

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