Tahn by L. A. Kelly

Author:L. A. Kelly [Kelly, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Christian, Religious, Historical, Good and Evil, Middle Ages, Dorn; Tahn (Famous Character)
ISBN: 9780800759995
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2004-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

But it was too late for that. Vari had stirred against a pew and then sat up in the dark. “Lady?” he called. “Are you awake?”

He found Doogan beside him, and Tam and Stuva nearby. But no one else.

“Miss?” He stood, and the shadows seemed to dance around him. Where could she have gone?

He was walking toward the altar when he heard a man’s voice and saw the faint candle glow. He ducked into the darkness beneath the nearest pew.

“They are orphans,” Netta was telling someone. “I told you of the villain, Samis. They were in his capture, and Tahn Dorn saved their lives.”

“Did you see this rescue?” a gentle voice was asking.

“No. The children told me about it.”

“How do you know they are not with him to deceive you, child?”

Vari had heard enough. Netta clearly didn’t consider this man a threat, but the man obviously didn’t respect them. The youth jumped to his feet. “Let a man who calls me a liar at least look on my face first,” he said.

“Vari!” Netta called to him. “It’s all right!”

A tall man entered the sanctuary and lit the candles above the altar. Netta immediately followed, holding the hand of another man.

“Vari!” she said again. “My father and cousin and Father Anolle are alive and well!”

But Vari could not brush aside the accusing words so easily. Behind him Stuva was stirring. “Vari?” the boy called out sleepily.

“Get the others up, Stuva,” Vari told him soberly.

“I meant you no insult, young man,” Lord Trilett said as Netta pulled him to Vari’s side.

Netta spoke quietly. “My father is a good man, Vari. And Father Anolle is a priest of God. We are safe with them. But you know the Dorn better than I do, and I trust you can believe that it will take more explaining for them to understand.”

“We may not have a lot of time, Lady,” he said gravely. “Do any of them know where he is?”

From the wall where he had lit more candles, the priest moved to join them. “The man who came to inform me of the coming execution was a captain of Baron Trent, and he said they would be bearing the prisoner through several towns before they came. He wished me to ask my parishioners to tell it publicly and to prepare the yard before the church not for this morning but the next.”

“The next?” Netta asked in dismay. “Do you know at all which towns?” She hated the thought that Tahn could be another full day and night in the pain and humiliation she’d seen.

“No, Lady,” the priest said with what seemed like real sadness. “I know not, except that what the baron has set in motion will take an act of God to stop.”

Stuva, Doogan, and Tam were all awake now but kept their distance, watching the newcomers.

Netta took the clergyman’s hands suddenly. “I have hungered for your prayers, sir,” she said. “Please, pray for him.”

“Pray for my cousin, Father Anolle,” Jarel said from the doorway behind them.

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