The Recreators by Désirée Nordlund

Author:Désirée Nordlund [Nordlund, Désirée]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

The night before the wedding Filia had a hard time sleeping. She stayed in her room though, since she was probably not the only one awake that night. If she walked around like a black ghost, someone would take it as a bad omen for tomorrow. Sometimes she had taken advantage of their superstition, but this night she preferred to stay away. The whole staff of Lahall needed as many positive thoughts as they could evoke. For it would be a spectacular day no one would ever forget. A gaucherie or a great scandal catching everyone’s attention would ruin it all. Eventually, she managed a few hours of sleep before she got up at dawn and followed the secret passageways to Saela’s room.

At the same time, Satéll was called into Frater’s chambers. He had barely time to close the door behind him before Frater commanded,

“Change your clothing. You’ll be at the wedding.”

Satéll was surprised. He had no natural place at parties, least of all the family gatherings. Even without having Filia’s dark exterior his reputation gave him sufficiently discredited to most people. Usually, his master made sure he did not appear in the same contexts as cheerful and happy settings.

“He has invited his councilors,” Frater informed him with a grin. “A childish, generous gesture to the simple townspeople. But they can come in handy. You should make sure they stay. Afterward.”

Satéll bowed his head and left. Frater would not answer any questions. The mood of his master made it not worth the risk to ask. Satéll himself doubted that the King invited the council in a spirit of goodness. Council members were excellent and credible witnesses. But what would they witness? What was the King planning? That Filia would reveal anything to him was just as likely as a horse stopping to talk about the weather. Moreover, he had hardly seen her since the day after Turpa’s execution. But what worried him more was not so much the King’s plans, as his master’s. What did he have in the offing?

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