Wardtown (Teer & Kard Book 1) by Stewart Glynn

Author:Stewart, Glynn [Stewart, Glynn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Faolan's Pen Publishing
Published: 2020-05-18T16:00:00+00:00

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Doka led the way back to the stream, Grump trailing behind her like a well-trained puppy. Even Teer couldn’t hear their quarry anymore, but she glanced up the stream to make sure she couldn’t see anything before kneeling in the soil.

“Here and here,” she noted, pointing at marks in the soil. “You see?”

Teer dismounted from Star, holding her reins to lead the mare as he crossed to stand behind Doka. The bank of the stream had a lot of footprints and hoofprints, but he picked out the ones the guide was pointing to quickly enough—they were the ones heading directly into the water.

“Stream not wide enough for four,” Doka said. “Rode single file; might slip onto banks, still. Need find those. Know they went north, that hard part.”

Kard finally dismounted to join the other two, looking down at the tracks.

“We’ll have to hope they’re heading to the camp and will stop,” he told them. “Even Doka can’t track from horseback.”

“Sadly not,” Doka confirmed. “But if we walk horses, can outlast them.”

Teer saw Kard grimace, but his master’s expression suggested he’d been thinking the same thing. The hunter glanced back at Teer.

“Think you can handle that, Teer?” Kard asked. “I’m not figuring ranching to involve a lot of walking.”

“You’d be surprised,” Teer said. “I’ll be fine.”

“Then let’s move,” Kard ordered. “Time is wasting and they’re getting farther away.”

Doka didn’t even respond before taking off along the side of the river at a ground-eating trot. Teer shared a nod with Kard and made sure to extend Star’s reins into a lead before following.

Star was well trained, but her training was quite different than Grump’s. If Teer dropped her reins to the ground, she’d stay right where she was. She hadn’t been taught a command to follow, though she was probably bright enough to work it out as Clack and Grump headed after their riders.

It was better to lead her while he walked after Doka, watching as the guide studied the banks of the little stream. The last thing Teer could afford at this point was to lose his mare!

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