Return to Alastair by L. A. Kelly

Author:L. A. Kelly
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2010-10-27T18:30:00+00:00

18

Saud hurried back with his men from their fruitless ride to Valhal on the mountain. No one was there. The place stood abandoned, and Saud was angry. Where would the Dorn take himself instead of Samis’s stronghold? He thought of the old places, the places Tahn would remember from his childhood. Especially the painted house where his mother had once stayed, and the barrel maker’s shop where Samis had found him. But Saud could think of no reason Tahn would want to revisit them. He was probably encamped somewhere with a troop of outlaws, reveling in the chance to taste the kind of power Samis had known. But what about the sister? Perhaps he should send men to search.

They rode through the dark streets and passed the church, ready for the conflict that was sure to come. He had expected it to be a simple matter to find the Dorn and quietly kill him, with no one the wiser. But apparently Tahn was not what he had seemed in Onath. He must have either turned his back on the Triletts or been cast out by them.

How many bandits might there be? The priest had not said. The killing wouldn’t be quiet tonight. Nor hidden. But Lionell would gain in favor for sending his men to battle the bandits. And Tahn falling in the midst of them would only show him for the scoundrel that he was.

“Riders ahead,” a young soldier named Hawke told him gravely.

“Good,” Saud answered with a scowl. “The sooner we begin, the sooner it is ended.” He slowed his men, and those in front formed a line on either side of him. He wasn’t surprised to see the approaching horsemen suddenly stop, blocking their path. “Men of blood!” he yelled to them. “In the name of Baron Trent—”

“This is none of his affair!” the brazen bandit in the center interrupted. “Tahn Dorn is not your business! Go home, why don’t you? We seek no trouble from you!”

But Saud shook his head. “The moment you chose to name the name Dorn, you brought trouble on yourselves.”

He motioned to his old friend Korin and sent him and another man to go and search for the sister. They had enough soldiers to deal with Tahn’s bandits. But was he with them?

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