When Isabell opened her door, she was surprised to find Ashlynn alone, carrying a covered silver tray and a bottle of wine that looked quite old. There were no servants or attendants following the mighty Mother of Trees, only a young woman who looked like she'd come for a night of treats and drinks with a dear friend.
"The pears here are nothing like the pears back home," Ashlynn apologized as she entered Isabell's sitting room, where she set the tray on a low table near the hearth. "So I asked Georg to make us tarts with apples instead. These come from the orchards on the north side of the rive,r and they're very similar to the apples grown in Kade Barony," she explained, referencing the famed Kade apples that she was certain Isabell had encountered since coming to Lothian March.
