CHAPTER ONE

        Eithne’s mother was calling.  This was not unusual, and Eithne set aside her book on the table before going to answer her.  Her mother, impatient, called again.  She stepped a bit more lively into the small kitchen where her mother was stirring a pot of stew for supper.  

        “Finally, Darling!  What have you been doing alone in your room for over an hour?”  Her mother inquired with a hint of impatience.  She was a tall, slender elf woman with a sw. . .

CHAPTER ONE

        Eithne’s mother was calling.  This was not unusual, and Eithne set aside her book on the table before going to answer her.  Her mother, impatient, called again.  She stepped a bit more lively into the small kitchen where her mother was stirring a pot of stew for supper.  

        “Finally, Darling!  What have you been doing alone in your room for over an hour?”  Her mother inquired with a hint of impatience.  She was a tall, slender elf woman with a sw. . .