The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 17
They left their horses in a heavy grove of jack pine on the slope near to the object of their designs, although Fia could not actually see the place. Arlot explained his plan, which he…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 16
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About a week later a messenger rode up to the porch in the midmorning hours. Fia paused in her sweeping, with half the snow off the steps. “Is the Lady Calima here?” he asked. “She…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 13
Early that evening Calima and her pupil took their knitting and mending over to the window in the sitting room next to the kitchen, to catch the last natural light the day had to offer.…