Ashlynn stood patiently as she listened to a breathless Cadeyrn Thorne as he delivered the message that Isabell had sent the young squire to carry.
"...and then the herald summoned a bow of white light, your Dominion, and the towers of snow threw lightning at the gate, and Master Isabell grew a tree taller than the gatehouse and it caught every bolt, and when it started to fail she made spears of the banner poles and brought him down and caged him, and then the High Lord said it was enough, and gave her a book, and Master Isabell opened the gates," Cadeyrn said in a rush.
"She said to tell you: 'all part of the welcome, no one harmed, but we'll need a crew to mend the roadway,'" he finished, doing his best to straighten up despite a strong desire to brace his hands against his knees to steady his trembling legs.
