The Wrath of Lords by Kyle Alexander Romines

Author:Kyle Alexander Romines [Romines, Kyle Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

I trust you’ll find this gift to your liking.

The ogre didn’t take your niece. If she lives, I’ll find her.

“That was noble of you,” Father Godfrey said when he emerged from the stables. “What you did for Silas. You’re not the man I imagined you would be, Warden Berengar.”

“You don’t know a thing about me.” Berengar started on his way, leaving Godfrey to follow.

“Perhaps not. We aren’t always what we appear—I should know that better than most.” Godfrey chuckled, as if amused by some private joke. “I wanted to offer my help with your investigation.”

Berengar fought the urge to laugh. “You’re unusual for a friar, I’ll give you that.”

“Don’t confuse us with priests,” Godfrey said. “I care about people, not just souls. This world can be a hell of its own, and we all must do our part to make it a better place.”

“If you really want to help, you can start by telling me what you’ve learned of the Dullahan.”

“Not much. Even folk who know the stories don’t like to speak of him, as they fear he will overhear. Hopefully, Saroise will be able to tell us more. I’m sending word to her with Varun O’Shiridan.”

“That’s the man I’m headed to see,” Berengar said. “You can show me the way.”

Godfrey raised an eyebrow but chose not to pry. “From what I’m told, with the exception of Lucas—the boy you rescued at Móin Alúin—all the missing are young women. Perhaps Leona was yet another of these victims.”

“It wasn’t the Dullahan. Leona knew her killer. It was a crime of passion.”

Godfrey’s brow furrowed. Something clearly troubled him. “Perhaps I can help after all. You see, Leona was to be married.”

“Married?”

“Aye. To Maddox, the blacksmith’s son.”

Berengar searched the friar’s face for answers. “How do you know of this?”

“Leona asked me to perform the ceremony. She was afraid her father wouldn’t approve of the match, so she wanted it kept secret.”

“What happened?”

“She came to me in tears to cancel the wedding. She wouldn’t tell me why.”

That explains why she looked so sad when I first saw her, Berengar thought. “How well do you know her intended?”

“Only by reputation, though the lad seems to be well-liked. Why?”

“Maybe he didn’t take rejection well. Maybe he tried to persuade Leona to change her mind and things got heated. After we finish with Varun, we’ll find him and get to the truth of it.”

Godfrey stopped in front of a modest hut near the heart of the village. From the look of things, they’d arrived just in time, as a loaded wagon was waiting outside. It was a sign of just how frightened the villagers were by Laird Margolin that Varun would risk traveling through the approaching tempest to reach Blackthorn. Godfrey knocked on the door with his wooden hand, and hushed voices came from inside. For a moment no one answered. As Godfrey raised his hand to knock again, the door slowly cracked open, revealing a rotund man with a round face and a long, flowing beard.

“Come back later.

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