Lords of Thunder Omnibus 01 to 03 by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque [Veque, Kathryn Le]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Medieval, Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Published: 2015-10-11T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Maximus recognized the woman the moment she walked into the inn, drenched and sputtering.

He had been standing at the usual de Shera table, the one near the barkeep, discussing Courtly’s disappearance and her subsequent note that they had discovered a few minutes earlier. Thinking the women were sleeping, they had left them alone until Stefan had returned to tell them that he could not find one hostel or inn that had room for all of them. Then, there was no point in waking the women at all and they’d found the note only by chance when Gallus had gone to look in on his wife again and found her very much alone in the chamber. Courtly’s note had been on the table nearby. They had been preparing to go after her when Lady Ellice walked through the tavern door.

Maximus crossed the room in seconds. Perhaps he even flew. He wasn’t entirely sure. All he knew was that, suddenly, he had his hands on Ellice as if she alone held all of the answers to Courtly’s disappearance.

“Where is she?” he demanded savagely. “Where is Courtly?”

Ellice was somewhat caught off-guard. Having charged blindly into the inn to get out of the rain, she suddenly found herself in the hands of a madman. She yelped with surprise, looking up into a very angry, very worried face.

“Sir Maximus!” she gasped.

Maximus’ grip on her arms tightened. “Where is she?” he repeated.

By this time, Gallus and Tiberius had joined Maximus and were attempting to pull his hands off the woman.

“Max,” Gallus said softly, urgently. “Let her go. Come, now, release her.”

Maximus managed to get one hand off of her but he still kept a grip on her arm, even as Gallus and Tiberius led them over, in some odd-looking group clutching at each other, to the table where all of the de Shera men were gathering. Someone extended a cup of warm wine to Ellice, which she gratefully accepted. She was soaked through. But Maximus had to let her go in order for her to lift the cup to her lips and he did so, though reluctantly. Ellice drank deeply before speaking.

“Courtly is at Kennington,” she said, licking her lips. “She came back because she was afraid my brother was going to launch an attack against you. She believed that if she went back to her father, then he would cease his hostilities.”

Maximus already knew that, more or less. “Is she well?” he demanded. “Did she make the journey safely?”

Ellice nodded and took another long drink of wine. “She is well,” she replied, hearing the great concern in Maximus’ voice. “You needn’t worry over her health. But I have come to tell you that my brother is sending her back to Trelystan this very night. There is no time to waste. If you want to reclaim her, do it when she is on the open road with only a few soldiers as protection.”

Gallus and Tiberius, as well as Maximus, were listening carefully. Maximus, who was

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