The Fairy Godmother by Sands Lynsay

Author:Sands, Lynsay [Sands, Lynsay]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780062106766
Publisher: HarperCollins US
Published: 2012-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

“Good morning, my lady.”

Odel felt a shot of alarm run through her on finding Lord Suthtun seating himself next to her at the table. During the week since his arrival at Roswald, Michelle had never once come below to break his fast.

Which was a relief to her of course, she assured herself. After all, it lowered the risk of his coming upon Matilda and her magical moments. She hadn’t worried about that with the Roswald servants. Matilda had assigned the duck maids to serve in the great hall, which left the real maids to tend to the bedchambers and kitchens, safely away from the likelihood of seeing anything unusual. Odel also hadn’t had to worry about the men-at-arms witnessing anything. It turned out that they were all quite disgusted with the preening ways of the lords lounging about Roswald hall, and did their best to avoid them. Her men still came into the hall for meals, but were quick about it and left as soon as they were finished.

It was only Lord Suthtun Odel had to worry about. His decision to nurse his sick squire had been quite convenient if he were to stay at Roswald. It left her with only the evenings to worry that her odd aunt might suddenly pull out some fairy dust, or wave her cane in front of, or even worse, at him.

Odel had done her best to keep him away from the woman. She sat between them at the dinner table always keeping up a lively chatter so that he would have no reason to address the strange godmother. Then, once the meal was finished, she had taken to playing chess with him each night by the fire.

The best thing about that was, Odel had found Michelle a worthy opponent. For every game she won, he won one as well. They were most evenly matched. Actually, she had enjoyed talking and playing with the man since his arrival, and she was suddenly aware that she would miss those companionable evenings when he left. Which was perhaps why the idea that the boy might be improving was presently upsetting her. Once Eadsele was better, there would be no excuse for Lord Suthtun to remain. And while she knew she should be relieved that his departure would vastly simplify her life, at the moment she was more concerned with the loss of a man who was quickly becoming a friend. Her first friend.

“Is Eadsele all better, my lord?” she asked, putting aside her own confused feelings for a moment.

“Nay, I fear not.”

Odel felt relief rush through her and tried to stamp it down. She should be feeling disappointment. If she had any sense she would feel disappointed. Every minute he remained was risky. It appeared, however, that her good sense had abandoned her. “I am sure he will recover soon.”

“Aye,” Lord Suthtun agreed, then cleared his throat. “Actually, Eadsele mentioned something I had not thought of.”

“Oh?”

Michelle nodded. “He mentioned that no one had gone on a

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