Lord of Winter by Veque Kathryn Le

Author:Veque, Kathryn Le [Veque, Kathryn Le]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1540507580
Amazon: B01M6X5MPH
Published: 2016-12-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“Do you see them?” Christopher asked.

David, his eyes riveted to the quarry his brother spoke of, nodded slowly. “I did.”

“De Puiset men.”

“I know. I see their colors.”

Lingering near the Church of St. Mary where there was a great deal of traffic on this day, the de Lohr brothers had seen the de Puiset knights near the church, which made sense considering the town was part of the Bishop of Durham’s properties. They had been searching out additional food vendors while Erik and Gillem and Tristan were at the bakers, but the de Puiset knights saw the de Lohr brothers through the crowd and a staring contest of sorts began.

Juston purposely had his knights leave their tunics behind with the identifiable de Royans blue for a situation just like this. As he’d said, he didn’t want to announce his presence in town so it was best to try and stay as unrecognizable as possible. Therefore, de Puiset’s men had no idea who the de Lohr brothers were but from the way they were dressed, heavy armor and well used weapons, it was clear they were seasoned knights. Seasoned knights without heraldry were a mystery, and not a good one.

Christopher and David knew that they could not run, for the bishop’s men would only chase them, so they held their ground and didn’t move, even when Erik began shouting at them from over by the bakers. Christopher and David ignored the knight, so much so that Erik finally had to make his way over to them.

“Chris!” Erik called. “Did you not hear me? We are ready to leave.”

Christopher and David didn’t look at him. They were still looking at the church. “I heard you,” Christopher said steadily. “We have company, Erik.”

Erik had no idea what Chris was talking about until he looked to see what had them so riveted. Immediately, he saw the de Puiset knights and his entire manner changed. No longer irritated, his demeanor cooled dramatically.

“Indeed, we do,” he said, also staring down the bishop’s men from across the wide intersection. “The Bishop of Durham’s knights.”

“Where is Tristan?” Christopher asked without looking.

“He is with Gillem.”

“Instruct Gillem to return the boy to Juston immediately. Go with him and tell Juston that the bishop’s men are here. He must take all due care.”

Erik wasn’t keen on leaving Christopher or David but someone had to warn Juston so, very casually, he reined his horse back in the direction of the bakers where Gillem and Tristan were. As he fled, Christopher and David maintained their gazes on the distant knights, who were beginning to stir.

“What do we tell them?” David asked. “They will want to know who we are and where we are going. That is normal protocol.”

Christopher didn’t hesitate. “We are from Lohrham Forest,” he said. “We serve our uncle, Philip de Lohr, and we are going north to Scotland where our mother’s family lives.”

“But our mother wasn’t Scottish. She was the sister to the Earl of East Anglia.”

“I know that. But those knights do not.

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