On Thanksgiving Day Matt drove over to her parent's home at two o'clock. Shannon opened the door. Matt was introduced to Shannon's parents Steve and A...ne. He presented Anne with flowers and a box of candy. The two bottles of wine he handed to Steve. He thanked them for inviting him. Matt could tell they were giving him a good looking over and he could understand why. If the situation was reversed he would be doing the same thing.The meal was the typical standard Thanksgiving fare with all of. Twenty men had struggled with the enormous weight as they had carried it in.It had been placed just beyond the five wide steps that led from the High Hall to the Lord’s Retreat.The big table that usually was at the center of the High Hall had been pushed to the side and chairs were placed in rows to the left and right of a dark red carpet running from the main entrance all across the polished stone floor of the High Hall and to the Altar of Odin.Olafson banners and the wolf heads mixed with the. It ached to actually stand upright once more, but she made her way to the bathroom, bathed and then began her housekeeping duties.When she had finished cleaning house and doing laundry, she found a housecoat and even though she did not doubt that there was virtually no chance of encountering anyone she ventured outside.The view was breathtaking, craggy mountains surrounding a narrow valley where a stream meandered its way into the distance.She saw the fence and though escape flashed through her. The stable boys stood in shock watching Lexi groom the huge horse, ladies didn’t come into the stables and groom their own mounts, it was unheard of, Lexi made sure all the wounds on the horse were healed then gave him an extra scoop of grain in his feed bag, she gave the stable hand instructions for the horse, told the horse to behave that he was safe and she would be sending him to her home soon, then went into the house.Lexi took a long hot bath, washed her hair and dried it, enjoying the.