Sevenwaters 02 Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier

Author:Juliet Marillier [Marillier, Juliet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-29T18:43:40.675000+00:00

Meanwhile there was Niamh. I did not know how to tell her what I had seen in her thoughts, but as it happened there was no need, for the truth came out in a few days, despite her efforts to conceal it. It was not long before dusk, and I was restless, finding the closed environment of Sidhe Dubh oppressive, longing already for open air and trees and water. I had left Niamh to her own devices and gone up to the heavily guarded walkway around the circular fortress wall, high above marshes and settlements, high enough so that if you looked eastward you could glimpse the edge of the forest of Sevenwaters, a gray-blue shadow in the distance. Slowly I made my way right around, pausing here and there to look out through the narrow gaps in the stonework, mere slits formed so that an arrow might be shot without the archer being exposed to a returning shaft. I was not tall enough to see over the parapet; it was designed to protect a man standing, and I am small, even for a woman. The guard posts, set high with steps leading up, and themselves well fortified, gave a vista all around. I charmed my way into the northern one and was allowed to step up and look. The man in charge rumbled about Lord Eamonn and what the rules were, and I smiled sweetly and said how brave they all must be, and what a risky job they did, and how I was sure Eamonn wouldn't mind them showing me the view just this once. But if they were worried, well, I wouldn't tell him if they didn't either. The three guards grinned and set about educating me on what was what.

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