01 Dawnthief by Barclay James

Author:Barclay, James [James, Barclay,]
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-04-10T10:17:17.124000+00:00

And then she could see them approaching through the gloom, reining to a halt in front of them. Sol ploughed on, the Familiar back in cat form, and Erienne realised the two horsemen had to be Denser and Jandyr. She staggered into the group. `Are you hurt?' asked Denser. `Don't talk to me,' she managed between gasps. `They're close. We need to rush.' As if to add weight to her words, the chasing pack of around twenty men burst into the alley. Arrows raided and skipped off the walls and the Dordovans charged. Sol threw Will across his saddle and all but picked Erienne up and dumped her in hers. Mounting up, he wheeled his horse in a tight arc and galloped off. In a cacophony of whinnies, flashing hooves and ducking heads, the others followed. Thraun turned and ran at the enemy. Leading the way, Sol pushed his horse back past the warehouse and left into the main street. Denser was close behind, with Erienne, her strength gone, clinging grimly to her saddle and flanked by Jandyr, who held the reins of Thraun's riderless mount. Arrows flew over his head towards the horses as Thraun crashed 298 into the front of the mob, his bulk bearing him straight over one man to bury his jaws in the neck of another. A swing of his head and the victim's throat was torn out, his cries lost in blood. In ten seconds of claw and fang, Thraun had scattered the bewildered pursuers. Some had run, some backed off. Others lay still and one or two would never move again. His job done, he broke off and stretched his limbs for the long run into the forest, howling his delight as he went. 299 Chapter 22 `It's exciting being in The Raven, isn't it?' said Hirad, leaning back against his tree and stretching his legs in front of him. `Feeling more comfortable about it now, are you?' asked Ilkar. `No, I'm feeling surplus to requirements.' `Well, you're not.' `You know what I mean.' The campsite was clear. All equipment was stowed and tied to the saddles, and the three horses, which included Denser's, were tethered just a few yards away. Hirad smiled, remembering his friend's urgent words as they scurried around the camp to clear it. And now they'd been sitting with their backs to trees for getting on for an hour. He thought he ought to be worried about what was going on in Dordover, but for some reason, apart from his remaining anger at Denser, he felt oddly calm. Maybe it was just that none of them was original Raven so he didn't care that much. Actually, that was certainly part of it, but there was more - there were some of them, Thraun and Jandyr in particular, in whom he found he had great confidence. Almost the sort of confidence he had had in The Unknown and Sirendor. Almost. Sadness fell on him with the force of night, and

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