“No,” Lilly said.
“By that first tent right now,” Mia said.
“Nope.” Lilly looked at Mia. “Didn’t you bring your glasses?”
Mia shook her head. “No. I left them at home on my bedside table. I don’t need them to read and since I wasn’t driving thought I could do without them.”
She could have sworn the air was shimmering with some kind of magic.
Chapter Three
Full of tents, weapon racks and banners, there was no mistaking who was staying in each of these knight’s tents.
“The horses must be somewhere else,” Mia said. “I don’t see them here.”
“Finn said there was a barn for them, somewhere,” Lilly said.
“It might be fun to visit them tomorrow,” Mia said.
“Yes, I think so too,” Lilly said.
As they passed a tent decorated with the colors Sir Elias had on his pennant, Lilly nudged Mia. “I’m calling dibs on Sir Elias. Did you see how he helped that little girl? And how her sweet face lit up?”
“Kind of like yours did, when you saw him,” Mia smiled. “You go for the kind ones, and the ones who are good with children. I’m surprised you aren’t married already.”
“The last two turned out to be not so kind,” Lilly said. “It was all for show. One didn’t even like children.”
“True,” Mia said. “I remember that. Those two were so charming at first, then it was like both changed a few months in.”
“Next time, I’m paying attention to how he treats others from the beginning, not just to how he treats me.”
“Very sensible,” Mia said. “As for me, I still want the fairy tale, the white knight, one who won’t let me down.”
They wandered past the next tent, a black and silver one with a pennant bearing the crescent moon.
“That must be Sir Alaric’s tent,” Mia said.
“You’re right,” Lilly said. “He’s quite handsome, in a dark, mysterious way.”
“Yes, he is,” Mia said. “I’m looking forward to watching them joust tomorrow.”
As they passed, Mia could’ve sworn she felt someone watching, but when she glanced back over her shoulder, the tent flap was still, and she saw no eyes watching.
Still, she’d felt it, and her feelings were not usually wrong. So far today she’d already had three of her knowing’s.
Plus, Madame Merlina had told her to listen to her feelings and for any messages.
These knights had her feelings all stirred up, which so easily lead into imaginings and dreams. Likely her dreams tonight, after she went to sleep, would be vivid.
“I wonder if I’ll dream about a handsome knight tonight?” Mia said.
“Knowing you, the answer is yes,” Lilly said. “The question is, which one?”
That was a good question indeed.
Mia slowed her steps. “Maybe we should stop for a while and call it a night, before I start imagining I’m living in a fairy tale and get carried away.”
Lilly laughed. “You say that like it’s a bad thing.” She grinned. “I thought you wanted romance and adventure this weekend.”
