The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 17
They left their horses in a heavy grove of jack pine on the slope near to the object of their designs, although Fia could not actually see the place. Arlot explained his plan, which he…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 16
They all wakened very early the next morning and after getting fully dressed in her new layers, Fia hurried down to the kitchen to eat a quick and cheerless breakfast. It would never do to…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 15
About a week later a messenger rode up to the porch in the midmorning hours. Fia paused in her sweeping, with half the snow off the steps. “Is the Lady Calima here?” he asked. “She…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 14
It was just short of two weeks later that Fia caught sight of the line of cobs coming through the trees on the next ridge over. She had been sitting at her window sketching an…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 13
Early that evening Calima and her pupil took their knitting and mending over to the window in the sitting room next to the kitchen, to catch the last natural light the day had to offer.…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 12
That evening Calima and her apprentice moved Fia’s things into an upstairs room, which would be warmer for the coldest part of the winter. Fia’s old room had been several doors away from the kitchen,…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice-Chapter 11
“Ilido,” Arethmay said one day not long after, early in the afternoon. “Fia hasn't seen much of the forest around about, and it will be winter soon; the good weather may not last much longer.…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice – Chapter 10
The approach to the high mining town wound through folds of mountain ridges so tight that travelers could hardly see their destination until they rounded the last piney bend in the trail and Gemtown jumped…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 9
Cheery afternoon sunlight filled the washroom as Fia dunked dresses into the sudsy water of the wash, the dry fabric keeping pockets of air which needed to be poked down into the murky depths of…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice- Chapter 8
That night Fia slept deeper than she ever had. The long journey had been arduous, but the high mountain air was fresher and seemed to take more out of a person than usual. And although…