Alder's Grove

Eleventh in a series of character-building vignettes following a bunch of characters through their time at Addergoole & beyond. Orlaith we've seen much later in her life, in the series with her son Hunter-Hale and her later Kept Adder.

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September, Year 11 (2005) of the Addergoole School

If there was one thing her former Keeper had said to her that had stuck in Orlaith's mind - and there had been far more than that, as Accalon was prone to talking quite a bit, and saying words like remember this while he did so - it was what he'd said about Silas.

Accalon saw things. He saw people's futures, their worst, their best. Sometimes he saw what they wanted, or what could be done to change their path.
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"What did I tell you?" Accalon's voice was warm against Orlaith's ear. It didn't help.

"If I used my power again..." She gulped. "Couldn't I just have a bikini top or something?"

"If you used your power again what?"

"You would make sure I remembered why I shouldn't. Sir." He'd cuffed her hands at the small of her back, so she couldn't cover herself. "Won't Luke complain?"

"Eventually. But it's a Saturday." He clipped a leash to her collar: that, the cuffs, and the thong panties were all he'd allowed her to wear. "Come."

"Everybody will stare!"

"That's the idea."