Endearing by Cassidy Cayman

Author:Cassidy Cayman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Time Travel
Publisher: 0
Published: 2017-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

IT TOOK FOREVER to get rid of Batty that night. All she wanted to do was talk about the jousting demonstration and how handsome Brom was. For the first half an hour or so, Fay was all in because she, in turn, got to talk about how handsome Sir Tristan was. While her aunt and uncle had been awesome and she never liked complaining about them, they were older when she was thrust into their lives, and they didn’t care for the noisiness of sleepover parties. So it was always fun for Fay when she got to have unlimited girl talk with both Batty and Anne. Even Marjorie was made to admit the afternoon was a good one, though it was filled with dirty savages and their hostile displays of manliness.

She twitched with impatience as Batty now slowly combed out her hair. She’d wanted to keep it styled for her rendezvous with Tristan, but there was no way she could explain that to Batty, so she was going to have to make do with wrapping it in a scarf. She reminded herself that Tristan had seen her on the brink of death and still thought she was beautiful, so unstyled hair shouldn’t bother him too much.

Yawning hugely, she stretched and shoved Batty gently out of the way at the same time. “Thank you,” she said, trying to look as sleepy as she could. “But I think I’m ready to sleep now.”

She’d already taken a nap after they returned from the jousting field, having been completely worn out after all that excitement. She hadn’t complained a bit when Gunther met her at the castle entrance and scooped her into his meaty arms. She only wished it had been Tristan, but he had to help supervise all the lads putting away their things in proper order. Before Anne dragged her away from the picnic, she’d given him one last soulful look, and he’d given another tiny nod before turning his attention away from her as if she didn’t exist. It was all so clandestine, it made her shiver.

Which made Anne think she was catching a chill, hence her having to swear she’d sleep once she was back in her room. She thought she’d be too excited to, but had passed out the moment her head hit the pillow.

She paced around to make sure Batty wouldn’t come back in to check on her. When she was finally sure she was alone for the night, she wrangled herself back into a dress. She’d picked out a pretty straw-colored one with golden ties and a cream-colored underdress. She loosely braided her hair in one long fall down her back and put a golden lace veil over the top of her head. She patted the medallion she still kept on her bedside table for good luck and slipped carefully into the hall.

A dim light flickered under Anne’s chamber door and she almost scurried back into her chamber to wait a bit longer. Anne had sonar hearing and would surely hear the soft thud of her door closing.

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