The Warrior’s Touch by Michelle Willingham

Author:Michelle Willingham
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

In the darkness, the orange flames of the fires danced an eerie pattern. Whelon used his crutches to move past the tents and the long tables to where the bards had set up their camp. Spellbound by their storytelling, he had hoped to coerce them into one more tale.

The sound of a hacking cough came from behind one of the shelters. Whelon followed the sound until he came across a man heaving with sickness.

‘Are you all right?’ he whispered. But there came no reply.

Whelon drew nearer and saw the man’s reddened skin gleaming with sweat. The bard’s glassy eyes stared as though he were blind. Another cough seized at the man, and he clutched his side in agony.

Without thinking, Whelon hobbled to the man and eased him to the ground. His arms burned with the effort, but he helped the storyteller into a reclining position.

‘I’ll summon the healer.’

But the man would not release his wrist. Whelon tugged, then froze as he stared at the man’s face. Upon his lips, the tell-tale sores revealed the truth.

Whelon jerked back in horror, making the sign of the cross. He had heard tales of men who had died from the pox. The man’s arm was covered in sores, revealed by the raised sleeve of his tunic.

He had to find Aileen. Quickly, Whelon used his crutches to get away from the fallen man.

He glanced backward at the body. Unseeing eyes stared at the sky while the man’s chest no longer rose with the breath of life.

The pox had invaded the Ó Duinne tribe.

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