Pride of the Clan (2015)
Pride of the Clan
“His fingers were full of splinters from gripping the rough wood of the front rail. But he was grateful for it because he doubted his trembling knees would support him much longer. Below him hundreds of peasants, townsfolk, and soldiers pushed and shoved their way out of the crowded bailey; men, women, children and babes in arms. Despite the large numbers it was eerily quiet.
Directly across from his location and slightly higher, stood the platform with the throne on which perched Queen Joan, h...er spine rigid as she watched the exodus. Erskine stood behind her, grim faced. If Rheade had stayed away from Tannoch’s sickbed, he’d have avoided witnessing the horror that had slowly unfolded on the scaffold.
“Ye have to attend the execution,” Tannoch told him.
“Nay.”
“The Queen has invited me, and I’d dearly love to go, but I canna. Ye must take my place.”
“Nay.”
“’Tis my dying wish.”
Those words had sealed his fate, but he feared he couldn’t remain on the dais much longer lest he retch on his neighbor.MoreLess
Directly across from his location and slightly higher, stood the platform with the throne on which perched Queen Joan, h...er spine rigid as she watched the exodus. Erskine stood behind her, grim faced. If Rheade had stayed away from Tannoch’s sickbed, he’d have avoided witnessing the horror that had slowly unfolded on the scaffold.
“Ye have to attend the execution,” Tannoch told him.
“Nay.”
“The Queen has invited me, and I’d dearly love to go, but I canna. Ye must take my place.”
“Nay.”
“’Tis my dying wish.”
Those words had sealed his fate, but he feared he couldn’t remain on the dais much longer lest he retch on his neighbor.MoreLess
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