Marillier, Juliet - Bridei Chronicles 03 by Marillier Juliet

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

True, but insufficient here, under this girl’s probing gaze. “I’m a friend of Faolan’s,” she said. “I travelled here with Ana and Drustan. I think you must be Ana’s sister. You’re very like her.” She was pleased with the confident sound of this.

“Faolan?” The girl lifted her brows. “Who’s he?”

“The king’s bodyguard. Like me, a Gael.”

“Bodyguard? I thought Bridei only had the two, Garth there and a handsomer one, Dovran. I’ve never seen a third. Is this Faolan young?”

“He should be here,” Eile said, a chill coming over her. “You should have seen him, I think. He’s …” Words fled. There was a perfect image of Faolan in her mind, correct in every detail: his strength, his kindness, his courage. His reticence, his wariness. Those things were the essence of the man. But they were not what this girl wanted. “Dark hair,” Eile went on. “Medium build, rather a forbidding look about him. About Drustan’s age, but he looks a362 The Well of Shades 1 older. He should have been here several days. But then, it seems rather a busy place.”

“Maybe I overlooked him,” said the girl lightly. “Who’s this little thing? Not Ana’s, I assume, since my sister apparently isn’t wed yet. I gather Ana’s been living with her betrothed all winter. Strange; she was always so prim and proper, even as a child.” She looked over at the two men again and her eyes narrowed. “Wait a bit. You’re telling me that’s him? My stuffy sister is marrying that splendid specimen?”

Eile wondered greatly at the girl’s manner of speech. Surely this was not the usual way of things at court. Perhaps it was the opportunity to speak in Gaelic, a language it was likely few here understood, that had loosened this young woman’s tongue so alarmingly.

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