First Rider's Call
First Rider's Call
“His face was a ghastly hue beneath the cracking green paint.
“I—I am sorry I failed ye, Captain,” he gasped.
Lil squeezed his hand. “You did well, Andri. Very well. Don’t think otherwise, hey?”
She could only watch as life faded from him.
“Remember me,” he pleaded with a whisper.
“I will.”
By then he was gone. Lil gently closed his eyes. “Rest well,” she whispered to him.
Before he was lifted away to the pyre, she unclasped his brooch from his plaid sash and placed it in her belt pouch with all... the others she had removed from the dead. She nodded to Ludriane to ignite the fire.
If they hadn’t had to ride up the mor, Andri might have survived with proper care, but the retreat was necessary. Had she left him behind, the empire’s craven jackals would have hacked him to pieces. She carried away all wounded and dead whenever possible, to prevent such desecration.
Andri was the last of the mortally wounded to pass on to the Birdman’s care. Some had to be helped along, humanely, with a sharp blade.MoreLess
“I—I am sorry I failed ye, Captain,” he gasped.
Lil squeezed his hand. “You did well, Andri. Very well. Don’t think otherwise, hey?”
She could only watch as life faded from him.
“Remember me,” he pleaded with a whisper.
“I will.”
By then he was gone. Lil gently closed his eyes. “Rest well,” she whispered to him.
Before he was lifted away to the pyre, she unclasped his brooch from his plaid sash and placed it in her belt pouch with all... the others she had removed from the dead. She nodded to Ludriane to ignite the fire.
If they hadn’t had to ride up the mor, Andri might have survived with proper care, but the retreat was necessary. Had she left him behind, the empire’s craven jackals would have hacked him to pieces. She carried away all wounded and dead whenever possible, to prevent such desecration.
Andri was the last of the mortally wounded to pass on to the Birdman’s care. Some had to be helped along, humanely, with a sharp blade.MoreLess
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