Insolent: the Moray Druids #1 (Highland Historical)
“The scents of blood and battle filtered through the thick copse of trees lining the River Dewent. Their full leaves blocked the view of the massacre being wrought on the West bank, and so Bael’s Berserker remained leashed for the moment.
“I warned you,” he muttered to Jarl Tostig, who pulled his horse to an abrupt stop next to him at the mouth of the bridge. “Those men were not safe on the west bank, and now our forces have been cut in half by Goodwin’s army.”
“How was I to know the fuc...king Saxon King’s army could march nineteen leagues like it was nothing? They weren’t supposed to be here. They act like they fell upon us by accident.” Tostig drew his sword, trying to hold his antsy stallion in check, and spat on the ground. “Now trap them on the bridge and kill them all.”
Bael’s hand tightened on his double-bladed axe, his beast yearning to do exactly that. “I can kill a hundred on my own.MoreLess
“I warned you,” he muttered to Jarl Tostig, who pulled his horse to an abrupt stop next to him at the mouth of the bridge. “Those men were not safe on the west bank, and now our forces have been cut in half by Goodwin’s army.”
“How was I to know the fuc...king Saxon King’s army could march nineteen leagues like it was nothing? They weren’t supposed to be here. They act like they fell upon us by accident.” Tostig drew his sword, trying to hold his antsy stallion in check, and spat on the ground. “Now trap them on the bridge and kill them all.”
Bael’s hand tightened on his double-bladed axe, his beast yearning to do exactly that. “I can kill a hundred on my own.MoreLess
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