Enchantment (2005)
“But King Matfei greeted his daughter with a fierce hug, then pointed to Sergei and raised his eyebrows questioningly.“I thought you could talk again,” said Katerina.“I forgot,” said King Matfei. “He’s still alive. Can you help him?”She knelt beside him, put one hand on his forehead, the other on his chest. “The wounds are many, but none of them are grave. It’s the shock of it that’s killing him.” She began to call for herbs, and some of the men, who had gathered herbs of healing for their wives..., went in search of them. Not all were found, but she had enough, along with the great power that surged through her now, to stop the bleeding and to still the panic that was making his body withdraw into itself.He slept.“Take him back home,” she said. “But the rest of us must go and burn down the ruins of her house.”“Where is the Pretender?” asked her father.“At the bottom of the ruin. But perhaps not dead. And she’ll make her escape if we don’t destroy her now.”Only Ivan and Katerina and a handful of others remained with Sergei, making a sledge to carry him home.MoreLess
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