Blood Will Follow by Kristjansson Snorri

Author:Kristjansson, Snorri [Kristjansson, Snorri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction / Fantasy / Epic
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2015-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

Audun rubbed down Streak, who stood calmly by with her head hung low. He’d struggled to find things to say to Helga for the first couple of days, but it was getting better now. That first time in the yard he’d remembered uncomfortably well how bad he was at talking to women. “It was lucky you were there,” he said to Streak, who nudged him. “Saved me from crapping my pants, you did.” The horse snorted in agreement.

It had become easier once they had work to do. She was a competent taskmaster and knew what needed doing. She could tackle most of it herself, too, although her eyes had near popped out of her head when he’d shifted the cracked millstone for her. That had been a heavy bastard and no lies, but he’d found the extra strength somewhere. And that shed had needed to be cleared.

“Audun!”

“Barn!” he shouted back.

A little later, the door creaked. He felt like he could smell her behind him, but that was probably just his imagination. Streak protested at the interruption, and he had to drag his mind back to the task at hand.

“So, I thought . . . I—” she stammered from the doorway. The years of living alone had probably made her just as bad at communicating as he was, he thought. “What do you think we should do when you’re finished with Streak?”

“The roof needs fixing,” he said.

“Yes . . . On the shed—”

“Yes. That one.”

“It does. I’ll get the ladder and the nails.” With that, she turned and was gone. Audun just caught a glimpse of her raven-black hair swishing around the corner.

Streak reminded him that there was still brushing to be done, and Audun resumed, not entirely sure about what had just happened.

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