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Malcolm is not only dreaming

'Baby!'

“Baby!” Malcolm gasped as he awoke. He had not been dreaming of her after all. Not only.

“Oh! Malcolm!” she whispered.

Iylaine goes out before dawn

Iylaine had been lying for hours, she thought, in a sort of agony.

Iylaine had been lying for hours, she thought, in a sort of agony. Surely she was ill unto death. She did not hurt, exactly, but she was so miserable she thought she would cry out if it continued. She would cry out, or she would die.

The first day’s ride had been amusing enough, and they had spent the night in the manor of a lord whom the King was gradually befriending, as he could any man, given enough time. Thus this second night was their first night out-of-doors.

Synne's long battle begins

'Here you two are!'

“Here you two are!” Sigefrith called from the doorway.

Synne jumped, though she really had nothing to jump for.

Bertie learns how clever was his mother

Bertie's mother was laughing so hard that she could not even scold him for making her laugh, but could only slap at his shoulder with her small hand.

Bertie’s mother was laughing so hard that she could not even scold him for making her laugh, but could only slap at his shoulder with her small hand.

Bertie sat back in his chair and grinned up at her, well-satisfied. It was good to hear her laughing again. His Sunday afternoons were dedicated to making her laugh, but it seemed that with each baby that she lost, it took her longer to recover. Even then, each time it seemed that she lost a little more of her old self.

Malcolm finds what Alred and Theobald have in common

Dunstan could guess that Malcolm was coming.

Dunstan could guess that Malcolm was coming merely by the suddenness with which Eadwyn leapt from his seat on the bench next to Iylaine. Bertie was either bolder or had no guilty conscience at all, for he did not move, but only looked up at Malcolm and grinned.

As for Dunstan, he sat opposite her and had only his sister beside him. No one was jealous of him, and that was how he liked it.

Malcolm meets an elf

'How can you tell?'

Malcolm’s skin prickled with the same primitive apprehension he would have felt upon seeing a wolf or a bear at the edge of the woods. “How can you tell?” he whispered.

“They have a way of standing,” Egelric said. “I can’t explain. Like kings. Like lions.”

Egelric and Malcolm cross the field

'Does he mean to play his father's game and make us chase him all the way to the end of the pasture?'

“Does he mean to play his father’s game and make us chase him all the way to the end of the pasture?” Egelric complained as he and Malcolm plodded across the muddy field.

“Druid prefers to chase me all the way to the edge of the pasture, and make me leap the fence!” Malcolm laughed.

Malcolm tries to catch up

Malcolm stealthily moved his foot nearer Iylaine's.

Malcolm stealthily moved his foot nearer Iylaine’s. Now, he thought, he was closest to her—or at least his foot was. For the last several minutes, Stein had been gradually creeping closer to her as he lazed in the hay. He made it seem unwitting, but Malcolm did not believe Stein could be so careless in the presence of so fair a young lady.

Unlike Leofwine, Stein was a gentleman and had always kept his distance from Iylaine out of respect for Malcolm, but the young man had apparently decided that Iylaine was no one’s territory these days, and he seemed to be plotting a slow invasion. Innocently, of course! Anything Stein did seemed innocent, with his baby-blue eyes, his baby-soft hair—and his handsome nose.