Their handles were crude iron, as coarse as the fittings on a barn door. They were ancient, the surfaces around the sun curved deep after centuries of polishing. He looked like a battered foot soldier to Kel's young squire, and he had proved his combat skills often.Īt the end of the hall stood a pair of wooden doors carved with a sun, the symbol of Mithros, god of law and war. He was mostly white, but black splotches covered the end of his nose, his lone whole ear, and his rump his tail plainly had been broken twice. His small, triangular eyes were set deep in a head shaped like a heavy chisel. The dog, known as Jump, was barrel-chested, with slightly bowed forelegs. It framed a tanned face dusted with freckles across a delicate nose. Her brown hair was cut to earlobe length. On her belt hung a pouch and a black-hilted dagger in a plain black sheath. Her dark boots were comfortable, not fashionable. Both were a dark green that emphasized the same color in her green-hazel eyes. The fourteen-year-old girl was big for her age, five feet nine inches tall, and dressed informally in breeches and shirt. No echo of the footsteps, laughter, or talk that filled the sprawling residence sounded here, only Kel's steps and the click of her dog's claws on the stone floor. Despite the overflow of humanity present for the congress at the royal palace, the hall where Keladry of Mindelan walked was deserted.
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