The Treason Blade (Battle for Alsaar Book 1) by Keech Jenny Rebecca

Author:Keech, Jenny Rebecca [Keech, Jenny Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Traevyn moved down the line of archers, pointing out errors in position and judgment as he made corrections for improvement. All showed some progress. A few had begun to demonstrate a sense of excellence for the bow. He noted their names for additional practice. He glanced up and considered the sun’s movement and as he did, caught a flutter of fabric and mane and saw Ishar watching him from the back of Simi near the eastern wall of the holding. She had returned from what was becoming a daily ride. For the past week, ever since Varyk had given his blessing, Ishar had ventured off in a different direction away from the fortress for her morning ride. Confiding in Traevyn that she wanted to get a feel for the lay of the land. It was a good time to ride. Southern Alsaar was beautiful and green and so full of the life spring seemed to bring forth. Now she calmly watched him from beneath the shadow of a newly leaf-budded tree.

He found it still disturbed him that there were times he could not sense her coming. She had an ability to slip in close to him with such ease and he, completely unaware. Traevyn frowned and looked back at the soldiers, then made his way down the line making final comments as he excused them back to the holding to report to Davaris. It was only as he sent the last man back that Ishar moved from her position and nudged Simi in his direction. The sun made her hair gleam and Traevyn looked down and sighed, then went to meet her.

Ishar smiled as she reined back the mare. “Good morning, Traevyn. I trust you did not cut the exercise short on my account. I thought I was early.”

“The men progress well. A few show great promise, but they have had enough from me this day. I have sent them on to Davaris’ tender mercy.”

“Then you are free to ride?” she asked softly.

Traevyn liked the sound of her asking. This soft gentleness in her voice he had heard of late whenever she spoke to him. His duties and, and the Hadwri rebuilding project Varyk had set into motion only a few days earlier, had found him hard pressed to fulfill his promise to take Ishar to the watchtowers. Not that Ishar had spent her time relaxed and unhurried. She had traded sword blows with Lysandr, worked with fighting daggers with Glyndwr, and thrown axes with Gavin, all the while setting time aside to speak to Varyk about their peoples’ future together. She had even spent time with Ber, learning more about pwuta blades. Traevyn wondered now, as he had many times of late, if she spoke so softly to the other men. Ishar fought hard and gave little. He had even seen a little admiration in Ber’s eyes after she had taken blow after blow and risen every time with the same determination to succeed at learning to manage the difficult movements needed to cut, slice and punch with the pwuta blades.

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