Better safe than sorry, Julianna thought to herself as she watched the hustle in the courtyard of the Thane's manor. Despite the late hour, more and more servants appeared before her very eyes to tend to Eoghan. She was used to the pomp and groveling that came with a station of power. None of the servants acknowledged her, which suited Julianna just fine. Her arrival and board with the village was mostly on a need to know basis, it was possible they assumed she was just some women the prodigal son had returned with to keep his bed warm.
Eoghan dismounted, and Julianna was not quick enough to do the same. She had been watching the commotion. Strong hands gripped her waist, and he plucked her from the horse with ease, despite his injury. She uttered a squeaky noise of surprise, her hands when to his shoulders to steady herself until he placed her securely on the ground. She looked up at him, continually aware of much larger than her she was. Julianna mumbled something like thank you, and he motioned her into the house with a heavy hand on her shoulders.
He led her through the manor and into a spacious meeting room. A fire roared in the hearth, even though no one had been in the room before them. Julianna didn't hesitate to cross the room to the source of warmth. She sighed in heavy relief as the shivering finally subsided. Her cloak felt heavy with the wetness of snow.
Ishara, the Thane's wife, entered the room first. She was dressed for sleep but Julianna still recognized her from their brief meeting the day before. There had been an exchange of pleasantries that felt almost electrically charged with tension. She figured Ishara worried that Julianna's presence would cause trouble for the village.
Julianna couldn't blame her for that.
The woman watched surreptitiously as mother and son reunited. Talking among themselves as if she were not present. Perhaps that was for the best, because when she caught Ishara's gaze for a moment she caught a passing look of concern. The matriarch was trying to figure if she had been the one to injure her son.
Almost, but not quite.
Julianna looked away. "It was not I who injured your son. He returned that way. Mauled by a wild boar, he claims."
Eoghan dismounted, and Julianna was not quick enough to do the same. She had been watching the commotion. Strong hands gripped her waist, and he plucked her from the horse with ease, despite his injury. She uttered a squeaky noise of surprise, her hands when to his shoulders to steady herself until he placed her securely on the ground. She looked up at him, continually aware of much larger than her she was. Julianna mumbled something like thank you, and he motioned her into the house with a heavy hand on her shoulders.
He led her through the manor and into a spacious meeting room. A fire roared in the hearth, even though no one had been in the room before them. Julianna didn't hesitate to cross the room to the source of warmth. She sighed in heavy relief as the shivering finally subsided. Her cloak felt heavy with the wetness of snow.
Ishara, the Thane's wife, entered the room first. She was dressed for sleep but Julianna still recognized her from their brief meeting the day before. There had been an exchange of pleasantries that felt almost electrically charged with tension. She figured Ishara worried that Julianna's presence would cause trouble for the village.
Julianna couldn't blame her for that.
The woman watched surreptitiously as mother and son reunited. Talking among themselves as if she were not present. Perhaps that was for the best, because when she caught Ishara's gaze for a moment she caught a passing look of concern. The matriarch was trying to figure if she had been the one to injure her son.
Almost, but not quite.
Julianna looked away. "It was not I who injured your son. He returned that way. Mauled by a wild boar, he claims."
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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