Chapter 7Roland, Lochlan, and the siblings all awoke early, with Maurenn and Garratt taking advantage of the bathing room to wash. When she appeared at breakfast, Maurenn was still wearing the breeches and soft boots Lochlan had lent her, but instead of his tunic she wore one Roland had given her which, considering the difference in their heights, almost reached her ankles.
Breakfast was oatmeal with apples and elderberry syrup, and buttermilk to drink, much to Garratt’s delight. “It has been too long since I ate this well,” he told Roland. “That is if you don’t count dinner with Hankin and his parents, but it was so stressful I couldn’t enjoy it.”
“Even though I cooked it,” Maurenn teased. She sobered seconds later. “Not that I had a choice, either in preparing it or what it was.”
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