Alpaca You Right Out Of Town!

Fern teases Rudyard and he is quick to give it right back at her. He admits she is tough and the woman tosses him an easy wink as he points out to Kip that she didn’t deny what he said about the rakes. Caladia rounds out the group and is quick to help her brother with the sack while the gray woman lays down a challenge to her love. Kip wants them to fight later so he can watch and she looks to Rudy with a raised brow, saying, “Well, I guess the next two days will be full for us. A hunting competition and a spar.”

A laugh spills past her pale lips as she moves to her corner, easily gripping the rake and pulling pile after pile toward the waiting sack. Fern notices that Kipling is missing but thinks that he is probably just getting more sacks for them to fill. With that the gray woman easily falls into a rhythm, working from the back and moving toward the front. Once she and Rudyard have cleared the used straw, she sets her rake aside and takes a breath, asking, “Where is Kipling?”

Allowing Rudy to go find their wayward son, Fern leaves the pin to gather the fresh straw and carefully moves it into the pin with the help of her daughter. Once they are all back together, the group spreads the fresh straw around and calls it day. Shooing the kids from the pin, she latches the lock while Rudyard keeps the children close by. Looking between them, a grin forming, she says, “Good job everyone! Now, bath time!!” Her tone is joyful and, despite all the groaning and moaning, the adults usher the kids back to the castle for bath before releasing them to play.


"Fern Carpathius"