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Part Four – Alone Again The days after the army marched rapidly settled back into patterns both new and familiar. Kit and Dolly needed to be fit into the old patterns, as did begging Talos to prevent any situations which would result in Sofie being alone forever again. In the morning Sofie would dress herself and Dolly, brush both their hair, then slip Dolly in her pocket and head to Candlehearth Hall for breakfast. She didn’t have as long as before to listen to Adonato talking, or Stenvar when he came back from his contract, because she had to go home to feed Kit breakfast before lessons. Lessons were rather unpleasant after the

Part Three – Mama & Caldar Due to her late night milk drinking exploits, next morning Sofie slept in so late Mama had to wake her. “It’s time to get up, sweetheart. Calder has gone to fetch breakfast. You won’t have time to eat if you don’t get up now.” The possibility was enough to have Sofie leaping out of bed. She’d pulled on her grey dress before she thought to ask: “Is Jarl Ulfric staying for breakfast as well?” “No. He had to go back to the Palace. He has much to organise before marching on Solitude.” The day had started brilliantly. Sofie buried the knowledge Mama and C

Part Two – Dinner Guest Mama instantly broke off from her talk with Calder to kneel on the floor, making it easier to return the embrace. It wasn’t terribly comfortable as she hadn’t taken off her Stormcloak mail or dragonscale gauntlets yet but Sofie was too delighted at having her Mama in the house with her again to care. She didn’t pull back until Mama did. “Why, what’s that doing inside? How did a fox get past Windhelm’s gates?” Kit trotted right up to them, placed his paws on Mama’s thigh and sniffed her fingers. Mama began unfastening her gauntlets to scratch Kit’s ears. R

Part One – Another Day Alone In the morning Sofie woke up alone. Most mornings she woke up alone. The first thing Sofie did after getting up was to check Mama’s bedroom to see if she’d come back last night after she was asleep, although Sofie always slept with her bedroom door open so she’d hear if anyone arrived. This morning, like most mornings, Mama’s bed was empty. The second thing Sofie did after getting up was go and check Calder’s room just in case the Jarl had kept Mama at the Palace of the Kings for another sleepover. He never wanted Calder to have sleepovers. This morning, like most mornings, Cal