Lady of the Moon by Kathryn le Veque

Author:Kathryn le Veque
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Medieval
Publisher: 0
Published: 2017-07-30T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Later that day, near the village of Blackwater

½ mile south of the village of Three Burrows

“That is a fine horse you are riding,” Rhodes said. “Did you steal him or was he given to you in payment?”

It was nearing noon as Rhodes and nine mercenaries neared the village of Blackwater, quite possibly the most crime-ridden village in all of Cornwall. Since departing the forest near the tavern where Samarra and Rhodes has met and, consequently, where Rhodes had been captured by her men, the travel north had been quiet if not a bit strange. It was clear Samarra had no desire to speak to Rhodes and her men kept eyeing him like he was fresh meat.

He didn’t like the feeling that he was about to be devoured by men who were more scarred and battered than any men he’d ever seen in his life. To realize that these were men Samarra trusted brought on an entirely new respect for her. The woman dealt in the dregs of society and managed to make it all work. That, in and of itself, was impressive.

But it was like being surrounded by a pack of wild dogs. Without his weapons or any way to protect himself, Rhodes kept his attention away from them and on the road, the landscape, or Samarra as she rode up ahead of everyone. As the morning passed and he grew weary of being eyeballed by the hyenas, he spurred his silver horse forward so that he was nearly parallel with Samarra.

The first words out of his mouth weren’t particularly flattering but he wanted a reaction from her; any reaction. He didn’t like the fact that she seemed to be ignoring him. If he didn’t know better, he would have thought last night had seen her somehow become enamored with him. He’d been around enough women to know when they had a spark of interest and if she didn’t speak with him further, that spark couldn’t turn into a blaze. And a blaze might find him released.

As he’d hoped, the comment about the horse brought her around. She glanced at him over her shoulder.

“Did you come to insult me?” she asked.

He shook his head. “Nay,” he said, although it was a lie. He rather liked her reaction when he insulted her. “It was simply a question.”

“It did not sound like a question.”

“It was.”

She sighed and looked away. “I do not steal.”

“Then he was given to you?”

“You could say that.”

“How did you acquire him?”

She looked at him again. “Are you always so prying?”

Rhodes nodded. “I am when I am bored, and this journey has been exceedingly boring. I would be most willing to discuss anything else if you wish.”

“I do not.”

He looked at her, wondering why she seemed so standoffish. “Last night, you were quite willing to talk to me. What has happened?”

What has happened? If only she could tell him the truth. If only she could tell him that every word spoken between them was somehow causing her to feel more and more attraction to him.

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