A Friar's Bloodfeud by Michael Jecks

Author:Michael Jecks [Jecks, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: blt, Fiction, _MARKED, General
ISBN: 9781472219817
Google: SAcYAwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2014-02-27T16:43:07+00:00

‘Must have been Ailward,’ Hugh guessed. ‘He was found just before all this.’ He shot a look at the friar. ‘Didn’t he look at my place?’

‘Yes,’ John admitted heavily. ‘Apparently he took it to be an accident. They all think you’re dead – you were burned to death in the house, they say.’

Hugh gaped with dismay. ‘They say I died? That it was an accident? How can they say that? It was murder! There were men there, they killed my Constance, and left me on my face in the dirt! Why would they say I died with her?’

‘Perhaps, my friend, because they knew how devoted you were to her,’ John said gently. ‘No man could have missed that.’

‘The coroner should have realised I was alive,’ Hugh said, uncomforted by his tone. ‘Why’d he think I was dead?’

‘He must have been in a hurry and confused. You know how often the coroners are changed. All they do is keep records so that the justices know how much tax to impose when a man or woman dies. They don’t concern themselves with details,’ John said, hungrily watching as Hugh slowly devoured the sausage. It was Friday, and John was fasting as always. He would eat no meat today.

‘It’s not right,’ Hugh muttered, and then the grief passed through his soul like a wave of ice, freezing, jagged, cruel, and his head fell on his breast as he wept for his woman, her son, and the life he had loved so dearly. ‘It’s not … it’s not!’

‘My friend, life rarely is,’ John said sadly, and he turned away as Hugh sobbed, for he did not want Hugh to see the tears in his own eyes.

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