Silent Snow: Tales from Ancient Ieda 01 by Sarah Thomie

Author:Sarah Thomie [Thomie, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Cat Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2021-08-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“So, has any of the males caught your eye?” Xerinae and her gossip girls grinned at me, while I helped them cook for the Summer Equinox festival by cutting the vegetables.

“She has been so busy sparring with the warriors to keep their skills sharp, that I doubt she has been looking,” Sparrow told them.

“Why would they? They are my fellow warriors, so why would any of them try to catch my eyes?” I asked them.

All activity around me stopped, before Xerinae laughed. “You are joking, right? She has to be joking.”

Sparrow looked at me, then to the gossip girls, “I do not think she is.”

“What are you ladies talking about—Ouch!” The knife slipped and cut my finger. I put it to my mouth to get the pain to stop.

“Do not distract her.” Sparrow growled as she grabbed my hand and wrapped my finger.

“Have you told her what this festival is about? For the last couple of years, she was busy with Howling Wolf, so she did not do any of the celebrations or festivals,” Xerinae asked Sparrow.

“There was no point in telling her. As you can see, she is hopeless,” Sparrow told them, then she turned back to me. “Be careful. How is it you can practically decapitate a sparring dummy, but you cut yourself trying to cut vegetables?”

“Only because you ladies keep pulling my attention away from them,” I grumbled when I finished cutting their vegetables. “How did I get wrangled into this in the first place?”

“Simple. We asked for help, and since you are second to none when it comes to knives, it made perfect sense.” Xerinae smiled. “And because we need to help get you ready.”

I grimaced. “I do not need to get ready. Whenever you ladies say that, I always end up looking weird.”

“That is because we are trying to help some of the males see you as the woman you are.” Her smiled never faltered; in fact, it grew. “Maybe if one of the males catches your eye, then you can see what many of us have already enjoyed.”

“The only thing I want to enjoy is a dip in the spring away from these cooking fires,” I mumbled. “Can I leave now?”

“If you do, then we are going to start getting you ready.”

“Goddess Above…” I growled.

Xerinae and Sparrow grabbed my upper arms. “You ladies have this?”

“Of course. Get our Snow ready.” The gossip girls grinned, and I wondered if that is what prey sees just before they are hunted.

They took me to Sparrow’s house.

When I saw Howling Wolf along the way, I mouthed for help.

Sparrow looked at him and said, “You come and try to grab her, and you will be black and blue.”

Howling Wolf mouthed an apology to me, and the coward raced to wherever the males go before these things.

Sparrow and Xerinae took off my standard black linens of the Enforcer and undid the bun I wore. Sparrow grabbed my almost hip length braided hair. “It is getting really long.”

“Then cut it,” I told her.

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