Of Werewolves and Curses (Of Goblin Kings Book 4) by Emma Hamm

Author:Emma Hamm [Hamm, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The kitchen Cora brought her to was warm and inviting. A fire crackled in the oven that was inlaid into the wall, and the table was filled with dirty dishes, food, and countless other objects from the sea.

Freya picked up a dried starfish and held it aloft. “One of yours?”

“I like to collect things on my walks. Sometimes I find items from the mainland that people have set adrift.” Cora reached for the starfish and gently set it back down on the table. “Other times, I find treasures that the sea sends me.”

A treasure. Freya looked down at the small dead creature and supposed it was a bit like a treasure. Esther had once gone to the sea with Freya and their father. They had collected sand dollars to put in a jar, and Esther had loved looking at them.

“Treasure,” she repeated with a soft smile. “That’s a lovely way to look at it.”

Cora spun around and grabbed for teacups that hung from tiny hooks on the wall. She set about putting a large metal teapot directly into the fire and then filled her arms with a mound of dirty dishes that likely should have been cleaned weeks ago. “Lovely is correct! Just don’t look at my mess. I’m afraid living alone has made me... well.”

Freya reached out and grabbed a plate before it fell out of Cora’s arms. Though there were likely plenty of plates to steal from other homes, she suspected Cora liked these the best. “You’ve only had to take care of yourself and not had to worry about the opinions of others. I completely understand.”

She’d get messy too if she didn’t have to clean every single day. It was so much easier to let things be as they were.

“Exactly.” Cora precariously took the dishes over to the corner where she laid them down into a box. “I usually wash them in the ocean, you see. I just haven’t had time lately and...”

No more words came out to explain her predicament away. Freya grinned and lifted her teacup. “We have two clean teacups! That’s all we need right now.”

The expression on Cora’s face brightened once again. “I like the way you think, Freya. You’re a good friend, I can tell that already.”

As Cora bustled about the kitchen, searching for tea, Freya suspected, she peered into the teacup. There was a giant stain on one side, and the other was still muddy with soot. At least, she hoped the black substance was soot. Making a disgusted face that she couldn’t suppress, she picked at the black goo and pulled it off with her finger. Maybe that wasn’t soot. It was a little too thick.

“Here we are!” Cora exclaimed.

Freya wiped her expression clean of any expression. “What kind of tea did you find?”

“It’s only earl grey, but it’s something. I hope you like strong tea?” Cora asked, then emptied the entire container into the teapot.

Freya could only hope there was a strainer in all that, or they would both be picking tea out of their teeth for weeks to come.

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