Marillier, Juliet - Bridei Chronicles 01 by Marillier Juliet

Author:Marillier, Juliet [Marillier, Juliet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-04-19T04:30:18+00:00

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uncles, and so many others of my kin. I was a child of three years old when the Gaels took our lands; too young to understand what it was we had lost. Here, take the torch. Show me the other side.”

In silence they circled the monolith; it was indeed imposing, a massive thing taller than the tallest man and nearly two handspans thick. It must be lodged deep in the earth, close to Bone Mother’s heart, to have held so strongly to the land. They regarded the riotous pattern on the south side, creatures of earth and ocean, stream and hillside and woodland, crag and cave and the vast reaches of the open sky. In that wild creation was captured Bridei’s own imagining, in which he stood on a hilltop and saw the Glen with the clear vision of the soaring eagle, and felt the heartbeat of Fortriu under his feet. And although he had not planned to say it, although the day’s events still weighed so heavily in him that there was scant room for anything else, he spoke the words. “We should take it with us.”

“What?” It was clear from Fokel’s tone that he had only half heard; had not understood.

“We can’t leave the stone here; that’s admitting defeat. We know we can’t hold Galany’s Reach a360 The Dark Mirror Ch2

with the forces we have; we know the time’s not ripe for that.

But we can take the stone back. Back where the Gaels cannot touch it.”

“You really are mad.” Fokel stood next to the stone, his brow resting against its tall, cool form, his hands spread flat on its face, as if by this closeness he might absorb some of its ancient power. “That’s the craziest thing I ever heard. What are you, a mythical hero with the strength of fifty giants? You can see the size of this, the weight of it. Or are we going to use druid magic?” For all these words, the torchlight revealed a change in Fokel’s eyes; somewhere in their darkness was a spark of excitement, an answering madness.

“That, and more practical means,” Bridei said calmly. “It will be a lot of work and we don’t have much time. But we do have a considerable number of men, that’s if we can convince Talorgen and the others. And I know just how it can be done.”

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