210 Ella Goes Back In Time

Erom rushed to her immediately. “Ella, Ella, are you okay? Is something wrong?” “A seat,” she whispered. “I need to sit.” Immediately a chair was fashioned from nowhere. Erom insisted she be led out into the fresh cold evening sir and for a while Ella just sat there and did nothing. The knight was worried. He had never seen the woman look so flustered. Except when of course Konstantin had died. “Ella, what's the problem? Please talk to me.” She did not answer immediately. She just kept looking. When she would finally start speaking though, it was in a dull monologue that took them all by surprise. “It was some years ago. It was a cold night in our village. There had been lots of raids in the past few weeks and everyone was in bed. My mom, my brother and myself were all in. As we should.” The three people listening to her went very silent indeed. Erom began to guess he knew where this story was headed. “Dad had travelled and well, I just decided I must have some plums from a nea