The Thrall (The Viking Hero Series Book 1) by Njord Kane

Author:Njord Kane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Spangenhelm Publishing
Published: 2016-06-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9 - The Expedition

The morning came fast and Rowan felt much better after sleeping through the night. He slept through the entire noise of the evening with the merriment that took place in the Hall. His fatigue was too great to allow things such as being chained to a pole or the occasional item being tossed at him by someone in the Hall to be a bother to him.

He woke up to someone kicking his foot and telling him to 'get up.' Rowan looked up and seen that it was one of the Jarl's housekarls standing in front of him. He immediately got up to his feet. The Housekarl unchained him from the pole and removed the leather lashing that was used to bind his hands.

Rowan was relieved to have his hands untied. It was a bit painful, especially sleeping, to be bound like that. He rubbed his wrists to let the blood flow through them once again.

The Housekarl looked at Rowan and said, "I am not going to bother tethering you. I trust you won't run off." he said while patting the hilt of the sword that was hanging from his waist.

Rowan nodded.

The Housekarl led Rowan outside where the rest of the men had already gathered. It wasn't long before the men were ready to go.

They walked to the blacksmith's longhouse where Rowan showed them the path leading into the forest where the sheep had ran.

The men prepared themselves by putting on their battle gear. They wanted to make sure they were ready in case they were ambushed anywhere along the way. The Jarl's Housekarls wore spangenhelms with visors which made them look real intimidating. They also wore full chain mail shirts. Some of the karls that volunteered wore helms as well, but theirs weren't as good of quality as the ones worn by housekarls.

All the men had round wooden shields with iron shield bosses. Every shield was uniquely painted and different from one another. Some of the men had swords, some had spears, and a few carried battle axes. A couple of the men carried bows as well.

They were all equipped with smaller axes on their belts, which was customary.

Except for Rowan, they were all well armed and prepared for anything that came their way.

Nevertheless, Rowan personally didn't think they were prepared for what was up on that hill. He knew his escaping was pure luck on his part and this time he was unarmed. Not that it mattered at this point. He knew he hurt it with the blacksmith's ax. There was something about the ax that hurt it when Sven's arrows didn't.

They walked into the forest and up the hill following the path led by Rowan. The trail left wasn't as prominent as it was before, so Rowan relied on memory and hope.

He hoped that he was taking them the right way. If he wasn't able to lead them to the mound where Bjord and Sven were killed, it would definitively be to his own doom.

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