Godbond
“Then I jolted awake. The Hold was full of echoing yells and footfalls.
“Raid,” Kor mumbled, struggling to rise from his bed. The shock of his wound had made him weak, and he had managed only to prop himself on his elbows when I sprang up and pushed against his chest to make him lie down again.
“Stay,” I ordered him. “Tyee and I will see to it!” I snatched up my weapons.
“Dan!” Kor exclaimed, something of moment in his voice—but there was no time. I ran out with the other warriors awakened out of slumber. In the haze of my dreams I had thought at first that the enemies were raiding the Hold itself, but not so. Sentries had given the alarm, and the sounds I had heard were those of Seal and Red Hart warriors running to answer it. I ran with them. Someone at my side, a fair young Red Hart, cried, “The water!”
Karu. I could see her in the dim light outside, daybreak’s light just graying the edges of the sky. And of course Pajlat would be raiding against the water supply, the cliff just bac...k of the Hold where the rivulets trickled down into the stone troughs carved to catch them.MoreLess
“Raid,” Kor mumbled, struggling to rise from his bed. The shock of his wound had made him weak, and he had managed only to prop himself on his elbows when I sprang up and pushed against his chest to make him lie down again.
“Stay,” I ordered him. “Tyee and I will see to it!” I snatched up my weapons.
“Dan!” Kor exclaimed, something of moment in his voice—but there was no time. I ran out with the other warriors awakened out of slumber. In the haze of my dreams I had thought at first that the enemies were raiding the Hold itself, but not so. Sentries had given the alarm, and the sounds I had heard were those of Seal and Red Hart warriors running to answer it. I ran with them. Someone at my side, a fair young Red Hart, cried, “The water!”
Karu. I could see her in the dim light outside, daybreak’s light just graying the edges of the sky. And of course Pajlat would be raiding against the water supply, the cliff just bac...k of the Hold where the rivulets trickled down into the stone troughs carved to catch them.MoreLess
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