The Dreamer by May McGoldrick

Author:May McGoldrick [McGoldrick, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Arthur Courtenay quaffed the last of the wine in his cup and wiped his velvet sleeve across his mouth. Staring into the fire, he sat back in the only chair in the small chamber and sent the cup clanging into a darkened corner.

“Sluts, bitches, and buggering priests,” he muttered, his words slurring together. “Well, you’ll not make a fool of me. I’ll have that treasure.”

The muffled sounds of men’s voices in the Great Hall beyond the thick oaken door could be heard. The king’s Deputy Lieutenant stood up, steadied himself, and moved toward the door. As he pulled it open, the faces of his soldiers and a fierce-looking stranger turned to him.

“M’lord!” The newcomer approached and bowed. “I come from the Lord Chancellor.”

“Aye, sir knight, enter,” Courtenay growled, turning his back and moving across to chamber to the fire. “And be quick.”

With his face in shadow, the Deputy Lieutenant stood with his back to the fire as the hard-faced courtier entered. Courtenay made no effort to make the man comfortable. Leather and mail gleamed beneath the man’s cloak, and wild shadows and light licked the walls around him.

“What is it, then?”

“The Lord Chancellor sends his...”

“Get on with it, man,” Courtenay spat out. “What have you to say? I haven’t all night.”

The knight stared at him for a moment. “Aye, m’lord. ‘Tis this. The king wants to know what progress has been made to capture the traitor Percy’s wife and daughters.”

Sir Arthur stood silently for a long moment, considering his answer carefully.

“Tell the Lord Chancellor that we know the whereabouts of the eldest sister. She has fled to the north. She has taken refuge near Elgin, but we know where she is. She will not escape us. The other two sisters and the mother are also in Scotland, but we will find them as well, as soon as the eldest is caught. Tell your master that, sir knight.”

“Is there anything else, m’lord?”

Courtenay stared steadily into the steely eyes of the knight. “That is all, knight. Now, get out.”

As the door closed behind the courtier, Sir Arthur turned and stared into the flames. He would burn in hell before he would tell them anything more. He would find those damned Percys, and the treasure would be his. Only his.

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