Shadows in the Night
“Hippon and the stable-hands calmed the horses, and a party went outside into the paddock, and came back to report sadly that all fourteen of the mules there had been killed. Those, plus the two horses, were a bad enough tally of animal losses. We had only lost two men—Marsus, and the bowman by the front gate. But most of our people had bruises and cuts, and a couple were quite seriously hurt; one had a badly slashed arm, and another had taken a sword-thrust in the shoulder. Albia got busy patch...ing up the wounded, while I organised food and warm wine for everyone. The victorious defenders ate and drank and congratulated each other. I didn’t blame them for playing the hero; they were all heroes to me, and I made sure I told them so. It wasn’t till quite a late stage in the proceedings that I realised Titch was missing. I checked with everyone, but nobody had seen anything of him since the final stages of the fight. We hunted high and low, and I sent a couple of men outside to look round in the paddocks and by the river, but there was no sign.MoreLess
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