Leader of Titans by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque [Veque, Kathryn Le]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medieval
Published: 2017-11-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Parrog Bay, Southern Wales

IT WAS AS bad a storm as Shaw had seen in a very long time. The good news was that the wind was blowing in from the northeast to the southwest, which meant he had made astonishing time from Bardsey Island. He was already in southern Wales and he hadn’t expected to see this land until tomorrow morning. If the winds kept up, he would be at Eynon Bay by the morrow.

But the bad news was that his vessel was taking a beating. They had a cracked mizzenmast and he wasn’t entirely sure the foremast wasn’t cracked, either. The winds had been brutal. Given that a broken mast would slow him down for a couple of days at the very least until it could be repaired, he made the decision to seek shelter so the crack in the mast could be reinforced before it snapped. That choice drove him straight into Parrog Bay.

Parrog Bay was a smaller cove in southern Wales, but it provided enough shelter so that his ship wouldn’t get pummeled. The ship’s carpenters remained on board to reinforce the mast but Shaw and most of his men disembarked the ship and headed into the small fishing village of Parrog for some warmth and shelter. After a day and a night of that terrible storm, they were all eager to be on level ground and protected from the winds.

It had been a while since Shaw had been in this part of Wales, mostly because this was Constantine’s territory and also because he really didn’t give a hang about Wales in general, other than to eat its seasonal crab. But he had been to Parrog in the past and he and his men headed for the big tavern on the edge of town, one called The Hungry Dogfish. As they approached the establishment through the rain and wind, they could see the glowing lights in the cracks of the shuttered windows and the smell of smoke was heavy in the air, indicating a big fire.

And it was the warmth from the fire that slapped them in the face when they opened the front door, a blast of stale heat that was both revolting and welcoming. The common room was crowded with people, men and women having come in out of the elements to ride out the storm, but Shaw wasn’t interested in the patrons or in being polite. He wanted a table to himself and his men wanted food. When it was clear the customers of the tavern had no intention of giving up their tables for him and his men, Shaw gave a quick nod to Thor.

It was time to make room.

Soon enough, tables were being overturned and men were scrambling to get away from the gang of pirates that had just entered the tavern. Rather that deal with the cutthroats, men and women were rushing from the tavern, out into the rain they’d been so comfortably avoiding. Now, it was pandemonium as Shaw and his men took over about half of the tavern.

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