Chapter 75 Seeking One Brother

  "Father Patrick?"

  The old monk turned toward Sister Shannon.  He looked uneasy.

  He must feel as uncomfortable around women as I do around men.  I suppose it comes from living without the other.

  "Father Patrick, I have a question for you."

  The good father seemed to pale.

  "A number of years ago a young monk came to the convent.  I've come to inquire of him."

Chapter 59 Where is My baby?

  After Lady Margaret birthed her baby some of the women helped her get clean.  Her first inclination was to protest, but she was too weak to cleanse herself.  Then they helped her into a clean shift and helped her get up on the bed to rest.  They had brought her a nourishing soup to keep up her strength.  After this she wanted to be up.  So then they helped her into her dress.  She was told how well she looked and was generally fussed over.

  Lady Margaret had been worn out up until this point.  Now she wanted to know one thing.

  Where is my baby?

Chapter 58 Come Out Child!

  Lord Allan and Lady Margaret Morse had been delighted to finally have a child on the way.  But once his wife was showing Lord Allan began to worry that their secret would be revealed.

  "I cannot attend your birth, I am a man."

  "I did not ask you to husband."

  "Surely you can not birth alone?" Lord Allan had a hint of hope in his voice.

  "No Allan, I cannot."

  "Are you quite certain?"

  "I cannot catch the babe."

  "But they will know!  We will surely be killed."

Chapter 55 New Nun

  "Thank ye jest doesn't seem like enough.  That food will last me a spell.  I be a bard by trade, a poor one, but a bard nonetheless.  Shall I entertain thee?"

  Entertain me?  As if looking into your eyes is not enough.  Your eyes behind those curly locks...

  "Sister?"

  That is right, sister.  I was so certain, so certain about becoming a nun...then I looked into those eyes.

Chapter 51 Wishes or Prayers?

  "Shannon?"

  "Yes Mother?"

Chapter 28 We Are All Children of God

  Shannon works in the Morse home with Mother Teresa.  'Working for others is good for the soul,' the nun had said.  To Shannon it was all play.  Being the groom for a spoiled cat and dog is only the best job ever.  She would take this over toiling at the convent any day.

  "You are such a pretty kitty."  Shannon listened closely.  She looked over her shoulder.  "I met my brother not so long ago.  I didn't know he was my brother, or that I even had one.  Have you ever met any kittens from your litter?"

  The noble cat stood prim and proper, listening intently.

Chapter 23 Sister Shannon

  Shannon quite forget herself, openly staring at the boy.  Shannon couldn't remember another child stopping by the convent in her short life.  The men that came to the convent were there to see Mother Teresa, not little Shannon.  But it wasn't because he was male or a child that she stared at the boy.
  She tilted her head to the side.

  Slowly she said, "You have eyes just like mine."

Chapter 8 The Waif in the Snow

  Outside the convent an unkempt little girl sat alone in the snow.