Season of the Raven by Denise Domning

Author:Denise Domning
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Medieval
Published: 2015-08-28T21:00:00+00:00

"So, tell me. What is the name of the man who killed Halbert?" Edmund asked as they left the miller's cottage.

"How should I know?" Faucon snapped. "You cheated me of my chance to winnow what I needed out of Halbert's widow to help me as I track this one. Why did you speak so rudely to her?" he demanded, even though it was his own fault he'd lost the chance to put his questions to the widow. Edmund was under his command and he had failed to control him.

His clerk frowned back. "Me! I did no wrong. You must never allow commoners to be disrespectful. That woman had no right to question your purpose." What started as a vehement protest softened with every word Edmund spoke, until the last word almost whispered from his lips. Reflected in his dark gaze was the barest hint that he now recognized his misstep.

The silence stretched between them. Faucon waited, but once again Edmund offered no apology.

He shook off his irritation. Dwelling on his clerk's misbehavior was a distraction he couldn't afford. At least he had one new piece of information in store: the best way to find the man who had murdered Halbert was to discover the name of the man who had once kept Agnes.

It wasn't a name known here in Priors Holston, of that Faucon was certain. Had it been, he would have already heard it either from Stephen or one of the many men in the inquest jury. Nay, if Faucon wanted that name, it was the folk of his own class he needed to ask. That was, if he could discover the right person to ask. He was an outsider in this shire, with no idea who among the knights and nobles was the most informed gossip. Or, who would betray the misbehavior of one of their own to a stranger.

"Edmund, collect your writing implements. We need to have a bite to eat, then I must make my way to St. Radegund's. I need to present myself to the prior, as my lord uncle commanded of me yesterday, before I return to Blacklea."

Aye, first he'd speak with Susanna the Alewife, then he'd be on to the monastery. It was as good a place to start asking after Agnes' lover as any other. Hadn't his father always said, although not in his mother's hearing, that there was no greater gossip than a churchman?

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