The Legend of Lady Robin Hood by Hannah Conrad

Author:Hannah Conrad
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dimension Seal Studios
Published: 2024-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

4 In Sherwood Forest

CYNTHIA HAD ALWAYS been told never to go into the forest at night. In the day, the forest was green and lush and full of life, the sun dappling the gentle streams that ran through her, the song of the birds and the squirrels in perfect harmony with all of life. But at night, Cynthia had been told, the forests were controlled by the fae, and their whims were inscrutable and had nothing to do with the delight or displeasure of man. It was a question of a moon, humans just another pawn in the game. It was strange, to her, when her father had told her that story, for, as nearly as she could tell, women's lives were already like that, being moved about on a board without a question of their own desires

And so for taking her life into her own hands, Cynthia had to look upon her small lady with a certain sense of pride. There was a calm and gentle wind in the air that seemed to be edging them onward, through the dark of the trees, the moon serving only to lengthen the shadows and stoke their imaginations, not to reassure them. The feeling of being guided was unmistakeable, each turn seemed to make sense, but she could not divine whether it was to their safety or their tragedy. Neither she nor Marian spoke as they rode on through the forest, their horses quietly following the path through the trees.

And then her lady's clear voice broke the night. "Cynthia, I believe I just saw a will-o-the-wisp."

They stopped for a moment, and Cynthia heard a low whistle on the air, though she had never known the birds of Sherwood to sing in the dark of the night. There was a response, coming from across the trees, and Marian turned her head, seemingly thinking the same as Cynthia. Then it was calm and quiet, the only sounds the breathing of their horses and the quiet crackle of their torch. Then, directly above them, three sharp whistles, their torch extinguished, and suddenly they were enveloped by the darkness. Noises swirled around them, Marian felt the point of a knife at her back as she was unceremoniously unhorsed, thrown to the ground and commanded to stay. Cynthia managed to catch one of them across the face with the butt end of her torch, and was quickly rewarded for the maneuver with rope around her neck, drug to the ground next to her lady. Out of the darkness, a small light, and then their torch was aflame again, in the hands of a tall girl seemingly composed of a stone wall, her long brown hair pulled back into a neat tail.

They were surrounded. Spears and knives were pointed at them as the group of girls laughed merrily, as if this had been some sort of game. They teased and poked at each other, as they lay claim to Marian and Cynthia's jewels and fur wrap and even their saddles and horses.

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