The Knight Of Sticks And Straw (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
The knights made a lot of noise and shouted at her. But that wasn’t why she hated the feasts. The cooks in the kitchen made her run and fetch heavy bags of corn, pots big enough for her to bathe in and logs that were larger than her. But that wasn’t why she hated the feasts. The maids poked fun at her tattered, woollen clothes and her bare feet, for she only had shoes for church on Sunday. They bullied her. But that wasn’t why she hated the feasts. The feasts went on deep into the night. By the time Cristina had helped clear the tables, clean the pots and polish the pans, it was dark. Even in the warm, summer nights, when the stars were like a shower of silver, it was dark in the streets of Valencia when she hurried home. That was why she hated the feasts. Everyone was asleep as Cristina ran home over the stony streets, past snarling dogs, slippery rats and green-eyed cats. And worse. That first night, she almost lost her way from the palace gates to her home on the hill below. She crashed through the door into the poor, little house and the leather hinges almost snapped.
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