(Click for links to previous chapters.) I watch the crowd gathering. Father has spent a lot of effort on the invitation list. Both of the Bards (I had found out the journeyman bard’s name is Radandla, which I frankly think he just made up.), Guild Masters, Guard Captains, officers from Taver’s battalion.  All of the … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 100

(Click for links to previous chapters.) I find Alan shaking his head outside Mynar’s library. “I told them the swamp-wizard is dead. Mynar said ‘good’, Lej said ‘that’s nice’, and Emrinalda said ‘well, if he’s dead he can’t help’, and then they all went back to translating papers.” “They are on a mission. And I … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 99

(Click for links to previous chapters.) Despite my having said ‘no’ twice, Daver is still arguing. The staff wants me to postpone the wedding until the first blizzard, so they can decorate the castle with ice sculptures. He is right in his assessment that none of the nobles will travel to a wedding scheduled for … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 98

(Click for links to previous chapters.) The weekly court has been so amusing, I might not even count it when I tell Mynar how much he owes me because, of course, I am going to keep count. Mynar has months of being tormented by his big sister before I forgive him for being so stupid … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 96

(Click for links to previous chapters.) “So why can’t the Clairvoyants see you in visions?” I’ve traipsed down to the vaults again, determined to get some answers, or, more likely, to really frustrate myself. “I didn’t know they couldn’t.” I fight the urge to bang my head against the nearest wall. “Tell me something useful,” … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 95

(Click here for links to previous chapters.) I hurry across the inner bailey of the castle, intent only on running away. I have spent the entire morning having my hair braided, the results rejected, and then braided differently, only to finally have mother decide I had been right, and it looks best in one long … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 94

(Click for links to previous chapters.) Almost two more calm weeks, well.. except for the minor flurry when I associated back cat with Warrior-Sage.  I smile remembering the look on Mynar’s face. Research is his thing, and his older sister isn’t suppose to be able to find out information he hadn’t. I consider it only … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 93

(Click for links to previous chapters.) It feels as if the whole world has taken a deep breath and calmed down. Even father has stopped muttering under his breath. I moped and looked sad, my Ladies became militant, and Mother gently arranged things.  Alan and I are to be married on the first day of … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 92

(Click for Links to previous chapters.) The five of us sit in Mynar’s library getting our stories straight. Alan had magicked us back into workroom and vault, and Lej had concocted a believable story about Mynar, a stool, the top shelf of a book case, and the floor. Jes had just walked back in the … Continue reading Spire: Chapter 91