Dye Lots (2)
Dragonsfall Weyr
Amber Hills Hold
Vintner Hall
Healer Hall
Hidden Meadows
Dolphin Cove Weyr
Dolphin Hall
Emerald Falls Hold
Harper Hall
Printer Hall
Green Valley Hold
Leeward Lagoon Hold
Barrier Lake Weyr
Sunstone Seahold
Citrus Bay Hold
Writers: Aaron, Heather
Date Posted: 19th March 2021
Series: Lavender Run
Characters: Brennault, Zavek
Description: Brennault has good news (and bad news) to share regarding his newest assignment.
Location: Emerald Falls Hold
Date: month 9, day 12 of Turn 10
Brennault had only sent his first letter two days before, so he was not at all worried that Zavek would not respond. After all, he could not until he knew Marvel was coming.
He had arrived back at the Weyr the evening of the day he had sent the first letter, having turned around to take the North Road to the coast. Upon his arrival, he had received some bad news.
And some good news. Marvel deposited the letter on Zavek's kitchen table the same as he had before.
***
Zavek,
I write again so soon to give you news in the hope that you will not worry for my safety.
While I was en route to the North Coast, I retraced the road back to the Weyr, where I learned there is a hurricane inbound.
The storm is due to make landfall later today, while I would otherwise have been on the road northward. The north is already dark and ominous.
As luck would have it, my friends at the Weyr did not want to risk me getting stuck there and unable to continue my task, so I write to you now from Leeward Lagoon itself, where we are now bracing for the incoming storm. I assisted the Holders in filling sandbags to hold back the sea, but we are – as the name would suggest – on the leeward side of the island, and the hold itself is built into its highest rocky heights to keep it from flooding.
The ships have all gone out to sea, but after the storm has passed, and they return, then I will begin my real work. The Steward here says storms like these often stir up our quarry, so I may be finished sooner than expected.
I will write again once the storm has passed so you will know I am still well. You may need to be ready for another muddy few days yourself!
Wishing you well in the storm,
Brennault
***
Today, Zavek sat out on the corral fence, eating his lunch in quiet solitude with nothing but the sounds of Fire Dancer lapping water out of the trough to break the stillness. On his lap he had open the letter from Brennault, reading it as he polished off the sandwich that the cook had packed him for lunch.
He nearly laughed out right, not in real humor, but in mirth as he read about the hurricane. Was he really supposed to believe this? That Brennault was now being waylaid by a _hurricane_?
**If you don't want to see me again just say so or quit sending letters.** Zavek thought, crumbling up the letter once again. This time, he dropped it into the fire by the forge where the smiths on his property made and repaired runnershoes and machinery necessary for farming.
"Something wrong, boss?" a farmhand asked as Zavek joined them in the fields baling hay.
"Nothing," Zavek assured the other man with a tight smile and a quick nod. **Nothing at all.**
Last updated on the July 21st 2021
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