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Chapter One
"Lord Wyldon looks even more stumpish than usual" said Neal.
"Haven't you heard? His wife died during the winter." Seaver answered.
"Whose wife died?" Kel asks as she sits down next to Neal.
"The Stump's" Neal replied.
" Don't call him that, he is a great knight and "
"And he deserves our respect. I know Kel!" Neal interrupted.
Kel looked over at her former Training Master, he seemed more solemn and alone than she had ever seem him. It was obvious that the death of his wife had hit him hard. Kel wondered if he would remarry, since it was normal for a conservative to remarry after the mandatory mourning period was over. Almost four months of the official six-month period had elapsed before he had been able to travel to Corus because of the snow.
"So how was your trip to New Hope?" Merric asks Kel.
" Everything was great, the crops where coming in and everyone had work to do. Its changed so much since the war, New Hope now looks like a real town!" Kel responded with a grin dropping her yamani mask.
A page approached the group of Knights, "Excuse me, are you Lady Knight Keladry?"
"Yes I am."
"Baron Piers asked me to inform you that he needs to speak to you after dinner." The page said before he bowed and walked away.
"I wonder what my Father need to speak to me about?" Kel wondered.
