Dirty Villains by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Merlin keeps his distance for weeks busy with father as Mother kept me busy in the garden teaching me the different medical properties of her garden. She allowed me access to some of the books hidden deep within her cedar chest and she would ask me questions upon returning them. Mother had also started making sure I knew how to run a house—cooking, sewing, cleaning, mending. But she did teach me fun things such as dancing, drawing, and fortune telling with her worn cards.

“Everything has its reason, remember this Mim. And don’t be so hard on your brother, he is a man and is privy to certain aspects of life,” my mother told me the day she quizzed me on the plants in her garden. She grinned at me with each correct answer and shooed me away to find Merlin and make my peace with him. I had missed him especially since we have never gone this long without any interaction.

I darted through the door and behind the house hoping Merlin was in the pasture with the sheep. Only the lonely wind blew sweeping dust and dirt into a whirlwind dance. I searched everywhere for Merlin that day even searching the village, but I couldn’t find him or Wolfy anywhere. My raven flew overhead and let out a squawk and took off towards the direction of the god's trees. Merlin must be in the forest, I wonder as I sharply change directions and follow my feathered friend.

A few steps into the woods and I can see the footprints of my tall brother, his furry companion and someone else set deep within the snow-covered forest floor. As I walk through the woods the twigs and leaves crunch and snap as the wind whistles through the reedy trees. My breath comes out in little puffs of smoke and my fingers are red from the cold. I hurry to the clearing hoping to shortly return to our warm home where Mother had spiced mead heating over the wood in the hearth.

I find Merlin standing in front of the god’s trees with a hood covering his head with a sack slung across his back and a walking stick in the other as if he was about to travel a long way. More surprising is that the other set of footprints belonged to my Mother. She stood beside Merlin speaking in a low tone that I can’t hear what she is saying. She places her hand on his face and pulls him into her arms for a hug. I watched Merlin wipe a tear from his eye with his arm.

“Where do you think you be going, brother,” my voice causes both Mother and Merlin to jump. “You wouldn’t leave without the love and blessing of your twin sister nor without a proper farewell, now would ye?” I asked playfully as I walked toward them.

“Nay, sister I would not. Mother said you would be along shortly.” He grins at us both as he sweeps me off my feet into a big bear of a hug.

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