Book One: Chapter Nine
Brown liquid and half-digested carrots fell to the ground. Suetaera coughed and sputtered in the shadow of a tree. When she heard humming, she hid behind a bush. A tickling caught the back of her throat as she held back a cough, but could only do so for a moment. The source of the humming was on the other side of a vegetation. The humming stopped when Suetaera coughed loudly. "Mistress Suetaera is that you?" The sick young woman looked up to see a tall woman holding a bundle of sticks. She had small light brown eyes, thin lips, wavy dark brown hair and a fleshy nose. Suetaera stood, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. "Hello Heilgi. Sorry, I-" "Are you alright mistress?" the woman asked with concern. "Yes fine, thank you," she replied with a dismissive hand as she suppressed another cough. "Are you sick again?" Heilgi asked. "A... again?" "Yes I heard you throwing up yesterday morning as well, although I did...