Saxon Blood by Griff Hosker

Author:Griff Hosker [Hosker, Griff]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sword Books Ltd.
Published: 2013-08-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Before I left I spoke with Prince Pasgen. He too had been worried about the larger animals we would need. “I am trying to get breeding animals. The island will be perfect for them but it will take time. Let us just try to use the lances first.”

”I agree. The men will find them unwieldy at first but we will persevere. How long do we have?”

“I cannot see them being ready for war before the spring and that gives you time to work with Calum and Mungo. The three of you must be of one mind. You need to have signals ready to send for help should you need it. I will not be close at hand and I will rely on the three of you to make the right decisions. Remember you will be the rock on which Iago’s armies break.”

“We will not let you down.”

“I know it which is why I will be at peace while I am at home.”

“Or as much peace as Myfanwy will allow.”

“And that too.”

I rode alone across the island feeling more at peace than I had a right to. There was still a threat from King Iago but it was distant. We were now aware of the problem. The other problems, the Saxons and the Hibernians, were also still there but Mungo’s story had shown me that we had done the right thing. The land was now settling down for winter. The summer had been a good one; it was not always so and the crops had done well. The wheat we could sell would make us stronger. The people were happy and waved at me as I rode across the island. The old Roman Road had been a little overgrown before we had arrived but now the trade and the warriors kept it weed free and well used. I wondered what my parents would have made of it all. I suspect my mother would have expected it for she was still in my dreams and those of Myrddyn. But my father… I never got a chance to know him and to talk with him. I determined that I would take more opportunities to speak with Hogan. Myfanwy had opened the door and I would not close it.

I had a good Yule for it was full of surprises! Firstly Hogan returned with Tuanthal and Pol. I could see from their expressions that they had enjoyed being away from me and with a young leader like Tuanthal. I was not jealous. I would have been surprised had it not been so. They had brought back great quantities of arms and armour. The better pieces were already with Mungo’s men while the others would be smelted and used to make the horse armour, helmets, arrow tips, bolt heads and all the other pieces of weaponry we needed to be ahead of our enemies. Hogan was even happier about his training as an equite. Tuanthal confided in me, privately, that he was the most proficient of his equites with the new longer lance.

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