Ravens of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Author:Marion Zimmer Bradley [Bradley, Marion Zimmer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Historical, General, Fantasy, Druids and Druidism, Avalon (Legendary Place), Romans, Great Britain, Britons, Usernet, C429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780451462893
Publisher: Roc
Published: 2007-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

The king stood, fumbling with the golden clasp of his belt, and let the wrapped kilt fall away. Already his phallus was engorged and rising. Was it the ritual, or was he really more generously endowed than other men? The people shouted out their approval as he stepped toward her. As She was the goddess, he stood before them as the image of the god.

“Come and serve Me,” She whispered. Power jolted through them both as he took Her hand.

A path was opening through the crowd before them. Beyond, the plowed field waited to become their bed.

wish that you were not leaving us,” said Boudica, picking up the traveling cloak that Lhiannon had just shaken out and folding it up again. At Dun Garo the queen and her women had a sun-house for their own activities, built in a ring whose center was open to the sky. The light was welcome, but the company of so many chattering women grated on Lhiannon’s nerves. But there was room here to pack the many things that the queen had insisted she and Belina must take on their journey.

“We need you here, Lhiannon. We need your healing and your wisdom,” Boudica continued.

If you had said “I need you here, Lhiannon,” I might stay … she thought sadly.

“You are no longer alone on a farmstead,” she said aloud. “You have healers and wise men and warriors in plenty here in Dun Garo. It is time I became a priestess once more.” She rescued the cloak from the queen’s nervous fingers and draped it over one arm.

“Most Druids live at chieftains’ duns, not at the school,” Boudica replied. “If you want to cram wisdom into the heads of youngsters, stay here and smack some sense into Rigana!” That morning the little girl had managed to elude her keepers. Her short legs had carried her to the blacksmiths’ enclave before they heard Bogle barking and found her screaming because the dog would not let her reach the fire.

“For the kind of warding she needs right now Bogle is a better guardian than I could ever be,” answered Lhiannon. She bent to strap up her bag. “My dear, this is not forever. I will visit, and when she is older, you may send Rigana to be trained as you were trained …” If there is still a school for her to go to, came the thought. But wasn’t she leaving so that she might do what she could to preserve the life they had known?

“Yes, but …” Boudica’s words trailed off. Lhiannon looked up and saw that the king had entered. The queen turned toward him as a flower turns toward the sun. Ever since Beltane it had been so. The marriage had at long last been consummated not only in the the flesh but in the spirit. The girl was become a woman, priestess to her husband as well as queen.

No, I am leaving because she no longer needs me, Lhiannon admitted to herself as Boudica moved into the circle of Prasutagos’s arm.

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