Last of His Kind_Lazarus by Margery Ellen

Author:Margery Ellen [Ellen, Margery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Lazarus woke to a grey and dismal day. It had started to rain sometime during the night and it looked like it was going to drizzle all day. “Love the smell of wet moors in the morning. Fuck!” Lazarus didn’t mind the rain, in fact he loved it. What he hated was the cold and lingering dampness throughout the castle. He needed to consider modernizing the heating in the castle. He used his dragon breath to light the fire. There was a knock on his door.

“Come in, Michael.”

“Good morning. I came to light the fire. I see you have taken care of it already.” Whenever it rained, Michael would start a fire in every fireplace in the castle. It was the best way to keep the dampness at bay.

“Michael, I apologize for my behavior yesterday. I hope you can forgive me?”

“Think nothing of it, I know you are worried about what is coming.”

“Yes, I am. I’m worried for my friends. I fear I’ve sent them into the mouth of hell and I’m afraid they won’t return,” Lazarus stared into the fire, “but I forgot something very important.”

“What was that?” Michael asked.

“I forgot you are also my friend.” He turned to him. Michael was speechless. “I’m sorry, I won’t forget again.”

He didn’t know what to say. He gave Lazarus a nod and started to leave, but he stopped. “Lazarus, I’m honored to be a friend of the dragon.” Michael left to light the rest of the fires.

Lazarus smiled to himself, he couldn’t have said it better. Lazarus quickly dressed and went to see if he could help. He knocked on Aria’s door to inquire if her fire had been started. She opened the door, looking sleepy.

“I’m sorry to wake you, I was checking to see if Mr. MacGregor had started your fire.”

“Yes, he was here a little while ago. Thank you for checking.”

“Good. Would you like to join us downstairs this morning or would like to have breakfast in your room?”

“If it’s alright with you, I’d like to join you downstairs.”

“Very good. I’ll tell Roana to let you know when it’s ready. If you’ll excuse me, I need to check with Mr. MacGregor to see if he needs any help.” Lazarus went off down the hall. Almost every room in the castle had a fireplace, the Grand hall had two. By the time he caught up with Mr. MacGregor, most of the fires had been lit. “I don’t know how you do it, I haven’t been in some of these rooms in years.”

“Thirty-two years I’ve been lighting these fires. I can tell you which chimneys are clean and which flues are backed up.”

“I believe it’s about time we revamped this old place, what do you think?”

“It wouldn’t be a bad idea. If you do, start at the top,” Michael told him, “on the roof and work down, we won’t have to redo it every time it rains.”

“Are ye saying we need a new roof?”

“Aye, it could use some repairs.” Michael answered.

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