Sword of Shame by Medieval Murderers The

Author:Medieval Murderers, The
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 2008-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Alice de Tracy heard the hooves approaching and felt her heart begin to thud painfully. She lived in perpetual dread of the future now, and those hoofbeats sounded like the drums of doom.

Waving irritably at the maid brushing her hair, she rose from the stool and stood indecisively, unwilling to go straight to the window. Instead she snapped at the maid to leave, and only when the door had closed, the wooden latch dropping into its slot, did she hurry to the window.

The yard was in its usual state of busyness. Henry the under-groom was grooming Sir William’s great horse while it tried to nip and kick at him; stable-boys were fetching fresh hay and sweeping out the old straw; the steward was shouting at the brewery, demanding to know what had happened to the gallon of strong ale he’d ordered earlier, and all in all the place was a mess. It was into this commotion that the riders came, led by Roger.

Her lips compressed into a thin line. She knew that it was Denis’s idea to fetch someone, but she would have hoped for another messenger to have been sent. Roger had demanded the right to go, and the very presumptuousness of his action made her feel a cold dread. He could have soured the keeper and his companion against her and her husband. It was the sort of thing Roger would do.

The two with him were used to authority. One, the elder of the two from his greying hair, appeared to be a knight, and not one of those modern, primping coxcombs, but a fighting man. He had the breadth of shoulder, the muscled arms, and the air of command. If she had to guess, he was the keeper.

When she looked at the other, she saw a younger man, perhaps only ten years senior to her own two-and-twenty years. Still, from the way he cocked his leg over his mount’s neck and slid quickly to the ground, standing with the arrogance born of confidence, she wondered fleetingly whether her estimation might have been wrong. But then she lost interest in the two men as she caught sight of Roger, staring up at her with a vindictive smile on his face.

It chilled her blood.

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