Roy walked into the lavish bedchambers that had been Katreena's in her youth. He stopped a moment still overwhelmed at the size. "We could fit our entire house in here."

"Shh," Katreena sweetly urged as she moved to him with a hot cup of cider ready for him. Smaller beds had been brought in for the children at Katreena's request. "It took four chapters of The Birds of Aronose to get them down tonight. Come join me by the fire."

The hearth was lined with fire stones ...