The Bardic Academy (A Bard Without a Star, book 3)
“Everyone asked him if he were going into the Mounts, and he always replied that he would before long. They would then give him plenty of advice on how to deal with the highlanders, the most common being to stay away from them.
Even though he avoided the lager caers two stories kept making their way to his ears: the destruction of Caer Dathyl, and the humiliation of Chieftain Catriona. No one connected him to the former, but all he had to do was say his name to be grilled about his role in the l...atter. He tried to keep the story truthful, and to correct any embellishments that crept in, but was shocked to find that people admired him for what he had done, and gave him respect for it.
And then he entered the foothills.
The first caer that he visited, Caer Gorvan, let him in without comment, but the laird, a large man named Fingal macGorvan, greeted him with a mischievous grin. “Are you the famous Fidgen that taught Chieftain Catriona such a lesson then?”
“I am,”
Fidgen answered slowly, feeling that he was being led into some kind of trap.MoreLess
Even though he avoided the lager caers two stories kept making their way to his ears: the destruction of Caer Dathyl, and the humiliation of Chieftain Catriona. No one connected him to the former, but all he had to do was say his name to be grilled about his role in the l...atter. He tried to keep the story truthful, and to correct any embellishments that crept in, but was shocked to find that people admired him for what he had done, and gave him respect for it.
And then he entered the foothills.
The first caer that he visited, Caer Gorvan, let him in without comment, but the laird, a large man named Fingal macGorvan, greeted him with a mischievous grin. “Are you the famous Fidgen that taught Chieftain Catriona such a lesson then?”
“I am,”
Fidgen answered slowly, feeling that he was being led into some kind of trap.MoreLess
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