a fairy tale for this Valentine's Day

[laurawise]

To honor this day, a short, odd fairy tale, offered in lieu of chocolates.

A taste: This crisp, edge-of-snow night happened to be the annual Night of the Heart-Sacrifice, whereupon since the beginning of sung history, each king of the Seven Lands had sacrificed a heart -- usually of some snotty peasant, dragged from a hidey-hole in the straw to his

Comments

[paratti]

Loved it.

[laurawise]

Thank you for humoring me, L. :-)

And a happy day to you!

[laurawise]

Thank you, Rainkatt! And a good day to you. :-)

[mobile_alh]

Yay for reasonable and humane queens! And a happy Valentine's Day to you too.

[laurawise]

Thank you, A! It's so important to have reasonable rulers. :-)

And thank you for reading, and may it be a good day for you!

[gwynnega]

Lovely! :-)

::hugs::

[laurawise]

Thank you for being kind, Gwynne, and also, hugs and a happy day! :-)

[laurawise]

Hearts to you today, too, C! [hugs]

Also, hee for the icon, because of course, yes. ;-)