06 Kings of the North by Cecelia Holland

Author:Cecelia Holland [Holland, Cecelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780765321923
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Laissa said, “That is an insult, isn’t it? Getting you to foster someone else’s child?”

Raef was watching the boy walk away. Leif had collected him, was taking him around the hall, showing him his place there. Outside, in the city, the older Jomsvikings were all hurrying down to their ship. He had it in mind to topple a tree on them if they didn’t get down the river fast enough.

He said, “Oh, he’s a good boy.”

Laissa grunted. “He’s a nasty, bad-mannered cur—you can see that just in the way he walks.” She turned back away from Raef to go to her loom again.

He followed her. She took a great pleasure in this work, in weaving together the separate strands, and he loved to watch her do it. She said, over her shoulder, “We’ll see how he repays you for your kindness in taking him in.” She sat down at the weaving and picked up her shuttle.

Raef fingered the stray hairs at the nape of her neck, his gaze going to the boy, who sat by the fire, and he could not keep from smiling. He knew what Thorkel had so carelessly cast aside. He had seen this boy before, on the occasion when he lost his fingers, older by a good ten years, with Danes and Saxons all giving him homage and the crown of England on his head.

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