Thief's Blade by C. Greenwood

Author:C. Greenwood [Greenwood, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Published: 2017-02-23T23:00:00+00:00

Over the next few days, we continued avoiding towns and main roads, sticking to cutting across fields and following little country lanes. My fear of encountering the soldiers and being recaptured gradually eased. We traveled slowly since we were on foot, and I was still mindful of Ferran’s recent illness. But he seemed to be recovering well and had no trouble keeping up, as long as we kept an easy pace and stopped often.

The day we crossed the border out of Camdon and into Ellesus, I dared to hope we had successfully eluded all pursuers for good. I didn’t know what lay ahead, but at least Ferran and I were together. We had no quarrel with the praetor of this new province, and the soldiers from Camdon and its praetor would have no authority here. There was no reason for anyone to trouble us.

For the first time, I was free to think beyond immediate dangers. The future still held plenty to worry about. How would I provide for Ferran and myself in a strange province? Ada seemed to think when we finally reached Dimmingwood there would be room for us in one of the small villages dotting the forest. But why should there be? What skills did I have that would guarantee a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs?

And there was another problem. Our food supply was rapidly dwindling. Ada said we were approaching a city she had visited a few times before. We could procure more food there to last us the rest of the way to Dimmingwood. As the capital, Selbius was the biggest city in the province. In a place of that size, we should certainly find anything we needed. This became important when the last of our food ran out shortly after we crossed the border. Ada and I could go without for a while, but in his frail condition, Ferran needed every meal he could get. I thought of the few remaining coins I had from Cadvan and hoped they would be enough to see us through.

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