Bloodstone by Gillian Philip

Author:Gillian Philip [Philip, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00AN54E0Y
Publisher: Strident Publishing Limited
Published: 2011-08-10T23:00:00+00:00

We saw the man on the grey horse before we saw anything else, because the hoofbeats thundered out of nowhere. Sionnach and I were riding hard, but the other horse was coming from the opposite direction and it was a lot closer to the Lammyr and the boy trapped squirming beneath its foot. The Lammyr wasn’t paying attention; it held a small child by the throat as it tapped a blade thoughtfully against its cheek.

I gave a howl of rage, but I was too far away. I could do nothing; all the man on the horse could do was ride the Lammyr down, and that’s what he did, knocking it flying, so that it lost its grip on the infant. As it flew from the Lammyr’s clutches one sinewy old arm caught the child, clutched it, cuddled it swiftly inside a filthy leather coat.

Springing to its feet, Slinkbone squealed with thwarted fury. It lunged for Jed, but the boy had already scrambled to his feet and was running, too scared and desperate even to scream. Sionnach got to him first, leaning down to seize him by the waist and haul him onto his own horse.

Slinkbone’s curses stung my ears like a whip, but he’d dropped his blade and he wasn’t so fast with the second one as he was with his mouth. The blue roan was on top of him as I caught the glint of it, but my sword was in my hand already, and I was angry enough to dodge and still be accurate. The Lammyr’s neck was easier to slice than a willowherb stem, and its head spun away, farther and faster than I’d intended. I wheeled the roan, ducking reflexively as the thing collided with a boulder and exploded into fragments. Sparks of pale liquid flame erupted past me, but the roan was running hard, and none of it touched him. I drew him to a halt, panting, grinning at Sionnach, and then at Gocaman.

‘Classy teamwork,’ I said, and threw up.

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