Sword of Doom by James Jennewein

Author:James Jennewein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

Ragnar watched the woman as she saddled her horse, not knowing what to do. Had she decided Godrek was not good husband material and wanted out? Or had she discovered the plot against her? Perhaps one of the others had secretly told her of it and they were going to escape together. He glanced round the moon-shadowed camp, but all the others were fast asleep. So she was escaping on her own. This woman had fine looks and grit.

He lay watching, unable to take his eyes away from her. He had seen her crying in the woods. He had eyed her taking the pouch of wenderot from Godrek’s bundle and had surmised what plans she had for it. And pretending to eat that evening, he had instead dumped his venison stew in the bushes. Much later, he saw her make her move after the sentry had fallen asleep.

Where would she go? A woman alone in this cold, harsh clime would be lucky to survive. And when Godrek discovered her missing in the morning, he’d go after her with a vengeance. She had no chance. But what could he do? Would he not be risking his own life to aid her? Torn, he prayed that the wenderot was sufficiently potent.

Moments later Ragnar came up behind her and thrust a hand over her mouth. Instantly she swung around with a knife to plunge it into the unscarred half of his face. He caught her hand a hair before the blade broke skin and whispered, “Your son lives.”

She stared at him, her eyes afire. Ragnar was unsure whether she believed him.

“He’s two days behind us,” he said, seeing her look soften.

“Why do you tell me this?”

“Because you’re a good woman. Go now.”

She held his eyes for a moment, the way women used to in his youth, and said, “I was right about you.”

Watching her mount up and ride off into the night, he spied in alarm the handle of the rune sword poking out from the pack behind her saddle. By the gods, she has taken it! Godrek’s vengeance, he now knew for certain, would be swift and merciless, and he was relieved to realize that he could easily escape his lordship’s wrath by pretending to have been drugged like everyone else. But escape for Geldrun, he feared, would be far less likely.

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