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He didn’t care anymore what Ker speed once she had control of a court, and despite havingthe days until he wasn’t hers to command

A dog barked Laska hurried toward the sound Then he turned a corner, stopped, and swore under his breath

There were Scelties here all right, the first ones he’d seen But he was on the e, and there were an awful lot of people out and about

Maybe that would work to his advantage With soabout, ould notice hio all the way back to the landing web Courtesy and for or leaving a village, but people could catch or drop fro the way He didn’t even need to catch the Suhter Webs would do There wasn’t a thread of any Wind he could access running over thebetween here and the landing web

He could grab a Sceltie and be gone fro And once Kero home

With that in mind, Laska retreated and circled round to approach the main street from the other direction

Breathing in that first scent of autumn, Ranon stopped at Elders’ Park and looked at thewith pride

They had done so much The businesses owned by Daemon Sadi were in operation The Lady’s Pleasure—naelline’s enjoye—served coffee ih drink he’d always known as coffee They also served shtfully expensive, but a drink a young ht a lady he wanted to impress Small sandwiches and pastries were also served

The coffee shop provided a playroo children so that mothers could have a quietwitches to watch the children, as well as Kharr and Bryant, two Warlord Scelties with a no-nonsense attitude when it ca

The shop had been open a week, and it already was an i place, as was Whistler’s Tavern The tavern also served food—mostly sandwiches in the eather, but it would serve soups, stews, and meat pies once the season turned colder

Merchants, the variety shop ed by Lord Careth, had received its first ship with a crate of books that would have made Gray whi library hadn’t arrived at the sa the newly hired librarian sort the books just so he could look at them

And then there was Heartbeat, the randfather to look over the instruments Yairen wanted to hear the Scelt whistle, an instru made of metal instead of wood, the Scelt whistles were less expensive, and Yairen wanted to consider if they could be used as a beginning instrusters here

“I’ up the street to see Yairen,” Ranon told Khollie “You’re going to stay here for story time?”

Yes Khollie wagged his tail Wynne is here, and Vae and Darcy are here, and Mist is co soon

“All right If I’m not at the music shop when story time is done, I’ll be nearby”

Shaking his head in amusement, Ranon continued up the street Next month, when the weather turned colder, the weekly afternoon story time would move to the room in Heartbeat where perfor Shalador stories told in public was a strange experience for the whole village