The Watchers Trilogy: Omnibus Edition by William Meikle

Author:William Meikle [Meikle, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Gryphonwood
Published: 2016-03-04T07:00:00+00:00

After an hour of riding they came to a fork in the road. Martin called Fitzsimmons forward.

“Your maps didn’t show any deviation on this road,” he said.

“No, sir,” the bald man replied. “But the maps are old, and roads change.”

“So which one is ours?” Martin said.

Fitzsimmons shrugged and looked sheepish.

“Head south-east,” Gord said. “The north road heads over the high tops and overlooks Penrith. It goes too far north.”

“And how do you know that?” Menzies asked.

Gord blushed, a deep red that covered his whole face.

“I once visited a lass in Penrith.”

“A lass is it?” Megan shouted from behind them. “And when was this? I never heard...”

Menzies led Martin and Fitzsimmons down the south-east track. Megan could still be heard behind them berating the tall man.

“She treats him like a child,” Martin said.

Fitzsimmons laughed.

“That she does. But in all respects but his birth, he is her son, her only son. Surely your mother is the same?”

Menzies cuffed the bald man on the side of the head, and whispered angrily in his ear.

Martin rode forward, putting some distance between himself and the others. He could hear Menzies explaining his background to the innkeeper, and he rode faster, putting more space between them. He knew his story already, he didn’t need to hear it second hand.

Some time later, he heard the four companions behind him break into song, but his heart lay heavy, and he kept a distance in front of them for several miles.

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