Luther and Katharina by Hedlund Jody

Author:Hedlund, Jody [Hedlund, Jody]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2015-10-06T07:00:00+00:00

Katharina had begun to wonder if Aunt Lena would ever speak again. As the winter days thawed into spring, her aunt’s physical wounds healed. Only puckered scars on her back remained. They were evidence of an earlier beating, likely received for having aided their escape from the convent, and Katharina blamed herself every time she smoothed salve over her aunt’s skin.

The emotional wounds, however, went deeper. Aunt Lena was lost in another world in the far recesses of her mind. Katharina could only surmise that the shock of what her aunt had seen and experienced had killed her spirit and taken away her will to live.

Day after day Katharina labored to pull her aunt back to the world of the living, but her despair festered when she could find no concoction, no tincture, no salve—nothing to help. The only comfort Aunt Lena seemed to draw was from a dagger Doctor Luther had left with Sister Magdalene. Her aunt carried the weapon with her at all times and even slept with it at her side.

Katharina stayed within the confines of the house and yard, the busy town of Grimma providing a safe wall of protection around her. On the rare days when the sunshine poured warmth over the greening grass and blossoming pear trees, Katharina couldn’t stop herself from wandering a bit farther into the deserted convent gardens, which hadn’t been pruned recently.

Sister Magdalene always fussed about Katharina straying too far from the main house, but the months of peaceful living had lessened her fears. She knew she was secure as long as she stayed within the confines of the town. Besides, she was sure the abbot had more important things to worry about than her.

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