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Five Years Later
I tried to maneuver the overflowing basket of apples and fish through the
barn door, skinning my knuckles in the process. “Fern sucking son of a
twice-fucked toad!” I muttered, kicking the stable doors wider so I could
stagger over and plop the basket down onto a nearby table.
The work surface was scattered with tack that someone had been
polishing recently, and I pushed it out of the way. Motes of dust and straw
chaff danced in the air like pixie dust, glowing in the afternoon sun that
filtered in through the open door and the skylights above. Balefire, currently
in stallion form, stretched out his long neck toward me. His velvety black
lips twitched over his razor-sharp teeth as he sniffed at the basket.
“Yes, you spoiled brat,” I muttered to the shape-shifting beast. Pressing
my poor, skinned knuckles to my lips, I muttered a minor healing spell
before I lifted the basket again and took it over to the pooka’s stall.
There
was no heat in my words, and I knew that Balefire could sense my fondness
for him, even through my grumbling. Pooka were cleverer than most of the
wild fae creatures that roamed Elfhaven. Sometimes that was more of a
curse than a blessing, but I wouldn’t trade him for a calmer, more
predictable pet for any amount of gold or jewels in the world.
I was bent over depositing the basket of fish and fruit into the feed trough
in Balefire’s box stall when a clear, cultured female voice spoke from right
behind me. “Surely you have grooms and stable hands who could do that,
lady steward. How undignified.”
I rolled my eyes and straightened, turning to face my best friend as I
wiped my grimy hands on the rough fabric of my worn and faded work
pants. “You know me,” I drawled as I arched a brow at the vision of beauty
who stood framed in the doorway of my stables. “I’m always so concerned
about appearances.”
Amaryllis laughed, the sound like tinkling bells. Then she came to hug me
lightly, despite the fact that she was wearing ice blue watered silk and I was
covered in mud and dust, and probably had twigs and leaves sticking out of
my hair. “It’s what I love most about you,” the princess of Elfhaven assured
me. Releasing me, she went to take a seat on a nearby stool, not at all
concerned about her fine clothes or my mucking about in the stables. “It’s
refreshing to spend time with someone who has their priorities straight,” she
said with a little lift of her chin. “Much better than spending time with the
rest of the stuffy court.”
I shook my head at the highborn fae princess, wondering what mischief
she was up to now. “What important meeting are you missing to be here
giving me commentary on how I take care of my horses, Ama? I don’t want
your parents blaming me for your slacking off. Again.”
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