All Wrapped Up by Harcourt Morgan & Hunter Laylah & Hayworth Thea & Gryvon

Author:Harcourt, Morgan & Hunter, Laylah & Hayworth, Thea & Gryvon [Harcourt, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781937058524
Publisher: Storm Moon Press LLC
Published: 2012-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Summer was well on its way to fall when a small caravan rolled into Orm, five carts with a train of livestock in tow: three cows, two goats, and a horse that could have been the twin of the pride and joy of town's newest ranger. Irsing had been watching them for days now, since they first passed the borders of his forest, but they were hardly the first to come looking to make a new home for themselves now that the Oakensea was known to be tamed once more.

The thought amused him, but darkly. His heart grove, against all expectation, was thriving once more, but that didn't mean he'd rid his lands of all the ills that stalked its bound; that was a battle that was never to be won. It only meant he listened a little more carefully to pleas made in his name.

He'd meant to quarter the bounds between Orm and Ashford, but he'd found himself distracted when he realized Koster wasn't coming. That was strange; his human, his ranger, would rather spend his time under the trees than anywhere else, and it was rare he could be convinced to stay at home. The man's absence was just troubling enough that Irsing found himself circling back, slipping past the houses at the edge of town and absently silencing the dogs as he went, still hidden in his cloak of green. No matter that most of the townsfolk had seen his face at the last Quarter dance and many times since, thanks to Koster's utter irreverence with his person. He might have made his preference for one particular dancer clear, but there was no point in testing the others' resolve without need.

The tall gelding still tied to its cart let out a shrill whinny as he arrived, a warning to its humans if any had been listening, but they all seemed distracted as they reined their carthorses to a clattering stop, looking around with expectant smiles.

It was Koster who threw open his front door with a grin, crossing to the nearest wagon with huge, bounding strides and pulling the driver down with what was surely a bruising hug.

The woman was quite handsome for a human, Irsing decided dispassionately as she pressed a laughing kiss to Koster's cheek. Nearly as tall as Koster himself, she wore her long black hair in a badly-tamed braid, an infectious smile lighting warm brown eyes. The other humans were climbing out of their carts and converging on the pair as he watched, a sea of mostly dark hair, dark eyes, oddly identical grins, and he was just going to slip away now from this reunion he hadn't been invited to witness.

Or he would have, if that infernal horse hadn't set up a racket with another challenging neigh.

It wasn't only Koster who looked around to see what the trouble was; an older man with traces of silver salting his hair turned as well, raking the tree line with sharp black eyes. Looking for signs

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