Moyra Caldecott by Etheldreda

Author:Etheldreda
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-03T17:42:55+00:00

Penda, hearing of his challenge, laughed.

He called together all his vassal kings, including Ethelhere of the East Angles, and the temple of Thunor rang with the sound of metal against stone, as the thegns filed in in their thousands to dedicate their swords to Penda’s favourite god. Sacrificial fires made the night almost as bright as the day and feasting and carousing was continuous as the men gathered from all over the kingdom.

Prince Wulfhere and Cynewise, who had grown fond of the Bernician hostage, Egfrid, advised him to lie low and keep out of Penda’s sight. If Penda found him he would certainly be killed for his father’s treachery. The queen even sent her most trusted slave to conduct him to a hiding place.

Egfrid, who trusted nobody, appeared to accept the help, and then when the queen’s slave had left, he mounted up again and rode off into the night.

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