Wings of the Raven by Margit Sandemo

Author:Margit Sandemo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jentas A/S
Published: 2018-03-23T13:26:12+00:00

Heike hesitated for a long time outside the gate, scanning the massive walls that looked as though they consisted of nothing but boulders. He reached out his hand several times to touch them but at the last minute didn’t dare to. Not after the vision he had seen earlier in the day.

At last, however, he finally got up the courage to quickly touch the wall, only to pull his hand back just as quickly as though he had been burned, but the wall consisted of stone and nothing else. Then he placed his hand on it again, caressing the cold surface.

In other words, it had just been an illusion, generated by the mandrake. It was asking him to be careful: it had exaggerated the danger so that he wouldn’t run any unnecessary risks.

Heike could still remember the sound – the nasty, almost droning sound of big birds of prey echoing in the valley. Were they vultures? He wasn’t certain because he had only heard the birds in that ghastly vision that he would never forget.

Finally he pulled himself together and knocked on the gate.

The gate was opened by an unusually pale and scrawny man. Heike explained his intention: he believed his friend was there and he wanted to talk with him.

The man asked him to wait and shut the gate.

Heike looked down into the valley, down at the ruins of a village that must have been a good deal bigger than Târgul Stregesti. He saw sheep grazing among the ruins and he saw the horrible forest that was invading the entire valley, all the way to the foot of the castle here.

A shudder of disgust shook him. He must try to get Peter out and they would have to leave as fast as the horses could carry them.

The horses, yes. How were they to catch them now that they were half-wild?

The scrawny man returned. He asked the young man to be so kind as to follow him ...

Heike was willing to do so.

Then he was inside. He soaked up everything, registering every single step, every single nook and cranny. He might be in need of this knowledge later.

How he wished he had his most precious possession and most loyal friend, the mandrake, with him! But he knew very well that letting Mira borrow it had been the only thing to do. Partly for her sake, and partly for his own.

Why in the world had they let him in? Did they realize that he no longer had the mandrake? Or was there some other reason?

He wasn’t so sure that he wanted to know the reason. The answer could easily be unpleasant, to say the least.

What if he was walking into a trap? He, the only one who could get them all out of there!

At the same time he also knew that there was nothing he could accomplish outside. If he were to help Peter, he would have to go into the castle before it was too late.

Heike was shown into a room that must be the dining hall.

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