The Last Pendragon (The Last Pendragon Saga Book 1) by Woodbury Sarah

Author:Woodbury, Sarah [Woodbury, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: The Morgan-Stanwood Publishing Group
Published: 2016-02-14T05:00:00+00:00

“Two dragons are they

One red, of our people

One white, of our enemies,

Who lord over us from sea to sea.

But soon one shall come.

He shall raise us up

And drive all our enemies away.”

“So the bards sing of Dinas Emrys,” Cade said, taking the poem as Taliesin had sung it, not in the way Madoc might have meant. “Why do you think it was the first fort I took from Cadfael?”

“You took it from Cadfael, yet you disbelieve that you are the one foretold in the prophecies?” Madoc said. “Taliesin spoke those words of you.”

“Taliesin is gone,” Cade said. “He may have come for me once, but he is long dead, and there is no one left to take his place. We fight now without his help, and I am not so full of my own self as to think that any prophecy he may have left was meant for me. I know who I am.” Or what I am.

Cade had had enough of Madoc. He dismounted, carefully pulling Rhiann down with him. He carried her to a grassy spot to lay her down. She opened her eyes and lifted her head to look at him.

“Shush. Sleep.” He kissed her forehead, and she lay back, instantly asleep again. Cade turned to face Madoc, his hands on his hips.

Madoc dismounted to match him, and they both paused. Madoc tipped his head to one side. “Aahh. I was afraid of this. I thought perhaps you were saving the girl for later, but that isn’t it at all, is it? My help with the Saxons did not convince you of my worth?”

“You helped yourself to that Saxon, as I recall,” Cade said. “I don’t know how you’ve kept your secret from your fellow men-at-arms.”

“I am fortunate in that I’ve been allowed to keep my human shape,” Madoc said. “Most men see what they want to see. Nothing more; nothing less.”

Cade nodded, understanding as only he could. “I’m not most men. How long did you wait before telling Cadfael of my escape?”

Madoc’s eyes lit with an inner mirth, and he dropped any attempt to lull Cade into complacency. “I gave you a head start.”

“You have arisen from the Underworld,” Cade said. “I know your kind.”

“And I know you,” Madoc said.

Cade tipped his head to one side, finding a small smile hovering at the corner of his lips, despite the danger inherent in this confrontation. “Perhaps. The next move is up to you. I’m not in a killing mood at the moment, so if you wish, I’ll allow you to turn around and walk away. Whatever you do, however, I warn you not to touch the girl.”

Madoc smiled again, this time like a cat who had just finished a bowl of cream. “That Saxon was most obliging. I don’t need the girl, though she would be tasty. You, on the other hand, look quite thin—even, shall I say, pale?”

“It’s different for me,” Cade said.

“Is it? How?”

Cade pulled his sword from its sheath. It was the first time he’d held it, and a thrill shot through him as he wielded it.

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