LANCE OF TRUTH by Katherine Roberts

Author:Katherine Roberts
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781848772748
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Published: 2013-11-10T22:00:00+00:00

They crossed the ditch, and after a ride that seemed to last for ever reached the old villa where they had left the wagon and Arianrhod. As they pulled up in the overgrown garden, Rhianna flopped over Alba’s neck and closed her eyes in relief. She felt a bit sick.

“Did I kill anyone?” she whispered, afraid to look at Excalibur.

She heard the men dismounting. Someone helped the queen down from Sandy’s back. Others went to look for firewood to warm the wounded knight. Arianrhod rushed over. “My lady! Rhia! Are you all right? You’re not wounded, are you…?”

“She’s fine,” Elphin said. “She just fought off Mordred’s entire army single-handedly, as usual. Let her have a moment to catch her breath.”

Rhianna had caught her breath. But she still couldn’t make herself look at the sword. “Did I blood Excalibur?” she asked again.

“No, Rhia, the knights did all the killing,” Elphin said gently.

“But you were pretty frightening!” Cai said, coming to join them. “You looked exactly like King Arthur used to, when he led the knights against his enemies.”

She opened her eyes and turned the sword slowly, examining it for the merest trace of blood. But the blade looked clean. She breathed again, and sheathed it with shaking hands. “I didn’t blood it,” she said. “I wanted to, but I didn’t.”

Elphin pressed his lips together. “You have Alba to thank for that,” he said. “She misted through those bloodbeards, so your sword must have done as well.”

“You should have seen their faces!” Cai said, grinning. “I just turned Sandy round and trotted away with the queen while they were still rubbing their eyes and gaping at you. They never even noticed we’d gone till we were back inside the fort with Sir Lancelot’s men.”

You felt very secure that time, Alba added.

Rhianna patted the mare and managed a smile for her friends. Then Arianrhod asked, “Did Sir Lancelot kill Prince Mordred, then?” and she remembered her quest.

While the boys told her friend about the duel and the rescue of the queen from the dark tower, she looked back at the Wall in frustration. “We haven’t won yet,” she reminded them. “Mordred took the Lance of Truth. Did you see where he went, Gareth?”

The older boy shook his head. “Nope, but I hope the knights take him alive. Then we can chain him up in the dungeons and torture him till he tells us where it is.”

“Drag Prince Mordred all the way back to Camelot with us?” Arianrhod said with a shudder. “He’s bound to work some dark magic on us and escape.”

“We won’t have to drag him all the way back, stupid. We’ll get the fairy boy to take him through the stones, same way we got up here.” Gareth smirked at Elphin.

Rhianna eyed her friend. He seemed exhausted, leaning over his mist horse’s neck. She wondered if any of them would be able to get back along the spiral path, let alone with an unwilling prisoner.

“They probably won’t catch the traitor, anyway,” Cai said cheerfully.

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