Unlike the incident in the bar, I was calmer
this time. I began preparing the words of magic in my head. I
pulled a small sliver of silver from a pocket in my robes.
Willow and I were riding side by side as we
began to make our way towards the beggars. It was intense and I
felt like time was moving in slow motion. Penn was actually
widening the distance between us. Just as we got to the people, the
one that looked like the mother spoke, “A helping hand,
priestess?”
Willow replied, “I can pray for you, dear
heart, but I have no coin to give.”
“Mistress, my children are hungry,” she
pleaded at Willow.
Lady Willow Elakalyn pulled her horse up
short and with a generous smile, a smile that in any other
circumstance would melt a heart, and said, “Madam, if you wish food
for your
