Chapter 68: Roast Chicken for Dinner

There was a cluck of a chicken and Eldion turned towards the sound. He found a small rusty cage in the corner of the kitchen and inside was a chicken, looking scared and agitated.

“I didn’t realize there was a chicken in here,” commented Eldion. “Are we going to cook it?”

Mira craned her neck and found the chicken clucking in the corner. “It does look frightened,” she said.

“One of Remuel’s men came barging in here and brought it, expecting me to know what to do with it,” said Sela.

“Maybe you’re supposed to cook it for dinner,” suggested Eldion.

“I haven’t had chicken in a while,” said Mira.

Sela looked at the remaining firewood in the stove and the covered pots above it. “Well, the broth is almost done and I suppose we’ll need to have more food with you three joining in.”

Mira stood from where she was seated and approached the closed cage with the frightened hen. She unlocked the cage door and took out the chicken. Surprisingly, the chicken went silent when Mira held it and even issu