Wolfbreed by S. A. Swann

Author:S. A. Swann [Swann, S. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9780553906882
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

he day was warm—the fifth sunny day since the thunderstorm—but the center of the road was still a semiliquid mess of mud and manure. Uldolf walked as close to the edge as he could. For a road that only led to the local farms and a few good hunting spots, there had been a lot more mounted traffic than usual.

Could it all be for Lilly? It didn’t make any sense, even with accusations of witchcraft and murder. There were plenty of murderers in the woods outside Johannisburg’s protection—and plenty of witches for that matter, that being the term the Christians used for anyone who actively practiced the old religion.

None of that had ever aroused such attention before.

However, the closer he got to Johannisburg, the more trampled and muddy the road became. He had to walk almost in the woods just to keep his boots on his feet.

“Has your farm been troubled lately, lad?” the knight Gregor had said.

“Troubled?”

“By strange beasts? Men or animals killed or injured?”

Strange beasts? Like the one that had killed the elk?

He kept an eye on the woods as he walked. He had a sick feeling that he had seen signs of it, in the woods with those soldiers who had attacked Lilly. The one man had been savaged by something.

Thinking of such an animal, claws, teeth, fetid breath hot on his face …

Uldolf stumbled into the road, heart racing, remembering …

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