Though she did have a single electric torch to her name Lyanna always worked by natural light while she left her daughter in Jenny's care, preferring the plodding dwindle of a flame to the rude surprise of a battery's sudden death ( Read more... )

Ygraine had a sword in her hand. Lyanna supposed it was only a matter of time ( Read more... )

If Alain closed his eyes, it could almost be a fair day in Gilead. The sounds and smells were all the same. There was the sound children laughing, trotted around by Glue Boy,and Jolly, getting their faces painted, and themselves entirely covered in flowers by Ilse and some of the other girls. Boys participating in impromptu footraces with their ( Read more... )

Now that Ygraine rested safe in the care of family for the few hours out of the day that Lyanna routinely kept for herself, the she-wolf stood in front of her shared market stall to survey her newly arranged handiwork ( Read more... )

Dated May 15, 2009:
Lyanna receives an early morning visit from Sheba before her other two girls wake up. Here there are women, three big, one small and the morning routines that keep them happy and settled.

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If only because she could not escape the dual ghosts of her mother and the Queen of France taking her to task for ignoring an event, Anne had put on a lovely green dress and stopped by the Mardi Gras party. No mask, so that her presence could be noted by anyone who wished to, and then she left, for she could not abide any more of that foolish ( Read more... )

The island had done it again. Whether it was pure chance or benevolence none of them would ever know, but somehow, someway, the place had seen fit to give them all booze again ( Read more... )

The island had done it again. Whether it was pure chance or benevolence none of them would ever know, but somehow, someway, the place had seen fit to give them all booze again ( Read more... )

On some days, to be a mother was a terrifying affair. But more often than not Lyanna found that the good outweighed the restless, and the nights with little to no sleep proved worth the effort it took to stay awake with a babe greedy for attention. This day had been a good day, a calm one spent with a girlchild who saw fit to accept the ( Read more... )

Dated 22nd January, 2009:
While trying out a new form, Jenny comes across familiar faces on the beach; David Kenyon Webster marvels at coincidences, Bran notes that a mother is a mother (bearded or not), and Lyanna still needs a helping hand with little Ygraine.

Very strange wonders, indeed.

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