Treachery in Tarnstead (Stoneblood Saga Book 5) by Robyn Wideman

Author:Robyn Wideman [Wideman, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2018-01-31T07:00:00+00:00

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Nathan smiled as they approached the outer gates of the canyon. It wasn’t a pretty view by any means. The huge stone walls were more utilitarian than aesthetically pleasing, and certainly couldn’t compare to the beauty of the view of Raumont, but the walls signified home.

The guard commander met them at the gates. “Welcome home, Prince Stoneblood, Lady Avera, Sir Verin.”

“Damn it, Marcus. If you keep calling me Sir Verin I’m going to have you whipped.”

“Apologies, Lord Verin.” The commander turned to Nathan. “Prince Stoneblood, I’m to inform you that Lady Rose is entertaining your guests at the castle.”

“Thank you, Commander.” Nathan paused for a second. “What guests?”

“I believe they are a trade delegation from the west. I wasn’t on duty when they arrived.”

“Thank you, Commander.”

A trade delegation from the west? That was not something Nathan had expected to hear. Was Camille here? Or had one of the other villages in the west decided to come to Elderwood.

As they rode past the gates and into the canyon, Nathan turned to Verin. “You’d have the Commander whipped?” The comment had almost gone forgotten at the mention of a trade delegation, but Nathan couldn’t forget such an out of character comment from his uncle.

Verin chuckled. “Commander Bravis. He was one of Balta’s gate commanders. It is a running joke between us. When I was a ranger, he would still call me Lord Verin despite my protests. Most of the soldiers simply called me Verin. They respected the fact I was a ranger. Commander Bravis has never called me just Verin. Even in the heat of battle. This isn’t the first, or the last, time I threatened to have him whipped.”

Nathan smiled. That sounded more like the man he knew. Respected by his fellow soldier and treated with the respect due to a lord, yet never demanding it.

“Are we expecting a delegation from the west?” asked Sharon. “Pretty bad timing for us to be in Raumont when they arrived.”

“I think it is good, that one has arrived so quickly after Nathan’s trip west. You must’ve made a good impression,” Lady Avera said.

“Or they saw the way he eats and figured they would make a fortune trading here. I hope you told them you are our resident man-child,” Verin said.

Shaking his head, Nathan replied. “I don’t eat that much.”

Sharon coughed, and Avera looked away with a small smile.

“OK. Maybe I eat a little more than the average Baltan. But I’m a growing boy,” Nathan said in protest.

“It’s OK, dear,” Avera said. “You aren’t a boy anymore. You are a young man. A large man, and you need all that food to keep those muscles you build while working in your blacksmith shop. My brother is just jealous of your broad shoulders.”

Verin laughed. “I wouldn’t know what to do with all that muscle.”

“Rose is entertaining your guests,” Sharon said. “But doesn’t Rose have Lord Ridgeback?”

Nathan nodded. “Yes. That is my concern as well. If it is Camille, then it won’t be a problem, but if

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