Mightier Than Magic by G.S. Kenney EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: G.S. Kenney
- Language: English
- Genre: Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy eBooks
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A fortuitous introduction
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Mouse slipped into the kitchen and inched along the wall, holding her
skirts so that they wouldn’t rustle.
“Hello, Princess Mouse,” said the first assistant cook. He was a young
man, no older than her own eighteen years, with curly blond hair and
freckles. He turned from the fruit he’d been cutting and gave her a slight bow
and an amused smile, revealing uneven teeth.
Mouse found him frightening. All the people in the castle were. They
talked about her behind her back. They laughed at her when they thought she
wasn’t looking. Worst of all, they reported everything she did to her mother,
who was always critical of her. Mouse remembered her manners, though, and
stood a bit straighter as she returned his greeting.
The young cook went back to his task, that amused smile still on his face.
Mouse redoubled her hold on her skirts and moved as soundlessly as she
could along the wall behind the backs of half a dozen people hard at work.
Their chopping set up an arrhythmic clatter, a percussive backdrop to sizzling
and boiling sounds from the massive stoves and the chatter of the cooks. She
edged past the cooking area with its savory aromas of fresh meat and onions,
garlic and herbs, and crept up a steep flight of stairs into the staging area.
Tables sagged with dirty dishes littered with bones and half-eaten
vegetables and meats waiting to be tossed to the dogs. Other tables were piled
with courses still waiting to be served—decorated cakes and pies that had
been completed by the pastry chefs earlier in the day, and platters of artfully
arranged cheeses and fruits.
A screen between the kitchen staging area and the banqueting hall hid the
dirty work involved in the preparation and clean-up of the feast from the
nobles dining beyond. Shouts and laughter emerged from the hall, loud and
raucous over the clanking of dishes and cutlery. The noise hit Mouse like a
barrage of arrows, sending her heart into overdrive.
She reassured herself that she could do this. For all its rich fabric, silk that
whispered softly when she moved, her gray dress was almost the exact shade
of the stone walls, making it easy for Mouse to creep invisibly around the
perimeter of the room.
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