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I could hear the door squeak, which meant Elcha was already up, so it was time for me to get down to something, too. I got dressed, braided my hair and went downstairs.

There were some people waiting in the hallway, while the door to Nargara’s study room was closed. That meant she had a customer in.

I greeted everyone politely and turned left into the kitchen. Elcha was already laying the table – pies, honey and cottage cheese. There on the stove I saw a small clay teapot, which was sending forth a delicate and fresh scent of thyme and lemon balm.

“Want some tea?” my sister said cheerfully.

“Sure,” I accepted right away and sat at the table.

Elcha was fast bringing cups, sugar and spoons, after which we got to breakfast.

“Nightmare again?”.

I tried really hard to look calm but my sister was no spring chicken when it came to

seeing people through.

“Yeah, again,” I replied reluctantly and ran my hand through my face trying to drive away all the images that were still haunting me.

“How about some herbs in your tea before bed? I picked a lot yesterday. Could prepare the right mix for you. Will make you sleep like a bab…” Elcha stopped half-word and then went on rattling yet in a lower voice. “You know, yesterday, when on my way to pick some Dartor, I overheard some strange talk.”

“You are up, aren’t you? Great!” Nargara came in. “Lots of delivery today. Ricka, you take two boosters – one to Kold’s bakery, the other to the Meekle brothers… And four efils…”

“It’s Friday, so I got to go to Truvle’s. Why not visit him fir..?” I asked.

“No, Truvle is coming himself to pick his elixirs,” Nargara cut me short showing she would not tolerate any argument.

I exchanged looks with Elcha. The smith never wasted his time on things like that. He never liked having to drop his work even for a minute. And visiting us would take at least two days.

“Anything wrong?” I asked, even though the answer was more than obvious.

“That beast. They saw it again near the valley,” she exhaled and rubbed the temples with her hands as if trying to relieve herself from inner tension.