Enchantress by Lisa Jackson

Author:Lisa Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780983547327
Publisher: Lisa Jackson

Ware drew back the arrow, pulling the bowstrings so taut the muscles in his forearm trembled from the strain. Taking aim, he set his jaw, then suddenly let loose. His arrow sliced through the air with a hiss. Thwack! It plunged into the heart of the target, a tarpaulin painted with a picture of a wild boar and mounted over thick straw bundles. He imagined that the target was the blackheart who had stolen Logan and that the surprised man was now pitching forward, clutching the arrow’s shaft and screaming in agony.

“You should have taken me with you, brother,” Ware muttered, as if Garrick could hear him. Ware’s skill as an archer and swordsman was improving. Aside from Garrick and Strahan, Ware was the truest shot at Abergwynn. Yet he was treated like a child, forced to stay in the castle with his sister, told he was in charge, when in fact it was Strahan who ruled in Garrick’s absence. Simmering with the injustice of the situation, Ware reached for another arrow, sent it streaking through the air, and killed yet another imaginary enemy.

Didn’t Garrick know how Ware itched to do battle, how he longed to feel the charge of a lightning-swift war-horse as it galloped into a clattering melee of swords and beasts and sweating men? He longed to hear the clang of metal, the thunder of hooves, the battle cries and screams of death. He could almost smell the smoke from the campfire and the sweat of men who hadn’t washed for weeks. He imagined the laughter and bawdy jokes and exaggerated tales of warring and wenching as the men, after conquering a rival castle, gathered around the enemy’s hearth, drank the man’s finest wine, lay with his wenches and servants girls, and felt a camaraderie and a bond like no other on earth. Ah, war would be glorious, and he would come back victorious, a hero, able to make the women — especially Morgana — sit up and take notice of his prowess as a warrior. Yet Garrick denied him.

“Bloody damned idiot!” Ware strode to the target and yanked his arrows from the straw that was packed beneath the target. Blasted stupid prideful Garrick. Just because he was a few years older …

From the corner of his eye Ware spied Morgana. A small smile crept across his lips, and his chest puffed out with pride. She was indeed the most beautiful woman in all of Abergwynn. Though she was pledged to Strahan, Morgana obviously cared little for his company, and personally, Ware didn’t blame her. Strahan could be a self-important pig when he wanted to be. As for Garrick, well, if Garrick was so smart, why had he gone to all the trouble of bringing back this so-called sorceress who hadn’t helped him at all? True, she was the most intriguing woman Ware had ever seen, and there was an unearthly quality about her. He half-believed the stories of her magic himself. However, the fact that her

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