Iona (4)

The condors harnessed to the carriage were batting their giant wings, screeching and plucking out useless feathers from their bodies. Iona looked out of the window and found that her father was talking to Circe. The woman was in the ministry. The kind lady looked at her with her hazel eyes and smiled sweetly. Iona returned the smile. Dmitri nodded at what she said and then stepped in the carriage. As soon as he stepped, Iona said, "Papa, you have to sit here, and not with Mother!" Dmitri laughed and he pulled his daughter in his large lap.