A Blackbird in Darkness (Book 2)
“The Past and the Future Calorn was very much alive, and knew nothing of the realistic illusion that Estarinel had seen. She watched him ride away and then turned the impatient Taery Jasmena back into the bushes, never suspecting that anything unusual had appeared to happen.
She returned to the camp. Medrian was close to the fire, her hands clasped round her knees, as if she were freezing cold and had all but given up hope of getting warm. Ashurek, meanwhile, was bridling his mare Vixata.
... Calorn greeted him, jumping from Taery’s back. ‘Estarinel is on his way,’ she said. ‘Where are you going?’ He glanced at her, unsmiling. ‘You realise, of course, that we are all unarmed,’ he said. ‘I do not intend to continue any further without a good sword at my side.’ ‘Where do you hope to find weaponry?’ He vaulted onto Vixata’s back and answered, ‘We passed some belled goats on our way from the coast. There is certain to be a village or even a town nearby.’ ‘Wait,’ Calorn said, unfolding one of her maps.MoreLess
She returned to the camp. Medrian was close to the fire, her hands clasped round her knees, as if she were freezing cold and had all but given up hope of getting warm. Ashurek, meanwhile, was bridling his mare Vixata.
... Calorn greeted him, jumping from Taery’s back. ‘Estarinel is on his way,’ she said. ‘Where are you going?’ He glanced at her, unsmiling. ‘You realise, of course, that we are all unarmed,’ he said. ‘I do not intend to continue any further without a good sword at my side.’ ‘Where do you hope to find weaponry?’ He vaulted onto Vixata’s back and answered, ‘We passed some belled goats on our way from the coast. There is certain to be a village or even a town nearby.’ ‘Wait,’ Calorn said, unfolding one of her maps.MoreLess
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