The Shattered Rose
“This wasn't what he'd wanted to talk to Matthew about anyway.It was hard to even speak the words, though. "And what of my son, Matthew? What do you know of how he died?"The man cleared his throat and looked away. "As to that, my lord, it was a great mystery. A fine lad making his first steps . . ." The steward coughed, perhaps to hide a genuine lump in his throat. "There wasn't even any screaming, if you know what I mean. Lady Jehanne walked into the hall with the child in her arms and just sai...d, 'He won't wake.' Quite a few of us were in the hall, and we didn't know what to make of it at first, her being so calm. Then she looked down at the little one again and said, 'I think he's dead,' in that same ordinary voice. But then she said it louder. And then she started shaking. . . ."The man cleared his throat again. "Her women gathered and took the babe, but he was already cold. There was nothing to be done."Galeran had his eyes closed and a pain in his chest that was likely to choke him.MoreLess
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