Fallen Angels
“Once there she would be surrounded by Lazen's servants and could plan what she must do next. First she must find safety, then she would attack.
She heard a shout behind her, a voice bellowing from a window in the Castle. She ignored it. She clutched the bouncing, heavy seals in one hand and gathered her long, white, wedding skirts in the other. She heard feet on the gravel of the driveway, from beneath the bridge which joined the Great House to the Old House, and two strange men were runnin...g from its shadow, coming fast towards her, cutting her off from the stables. They were shouted on by other voices behind.
She ran in desperation, unable to find a single friendly face. She swerved away from her pursuers, going to the left of the mound that once was the Castle's keep, going towards the beehives that were busy on this warm, autumn day. Beyond the hives stretched the empty lawns. She turned.
She put her hands on one of the beehives, waited, and the two men came grinning about the shoulder of the small hill and Campion pushed the hive over, hearing the first buzzing protests of the bees, and then she was running again.MoreLess
She heard a shout behind her, a voice bellowing from a window in the Castle. She ignored it. She clutched the bouncing, heavy seals in one hand and gathered her long, white, wedding skirts in the other. She heard feet on the gravel of the driveway, from beneath the bridge which joined the Great House to the Old House, and two strange men were runnin...g from its shadow, coming fast towards her, cutting her off from the stables. They were shouted on by other voices behind.
She ran in desperation, unable to find a single friendly face. She swerved away from her pursuers, going to the left of the mound that once was the Castle's keep, going towards the beehives that were busy on this warm, autumn day. Beyond the hives stretched the empty lawns. She turned.
She put her hands on one of the beehives, waited, and the two men came grinning about the shoulder of the small hill and Campion pushed the hive over, hearing the first buzzing protests of the bees, and then she was running again.MoreLess
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