The Red Wolf's Prize
“Reining in his horse, he looked west and paused to consider the sight before him.
The sun was still shining for the days had grown longer with spring. Renaud gazed over the wide valley, green from the rain. Colorful wild flowers and clusters of birch trees dotted the sloping land where white, wooly ewes and their lambs grazed. Ahead in the distance he could see a large manor house next to what appeared to be a great hall, all surrounded by a palisade of wooden poles sharpened to a point. Behind... the manor ran the River Lune, the name he recalled when he was first told of Talisand. A village lay to the north, the cottages with their thatched roofs appearing golden in the afternoon sun. From where he sat astride Belasco, dense woods to the north of the village extended as far as the eye could see.
It was more than he had expected, the peace so real it was tangible, and a world away from the harsh sounds of London and the destruction in the south. He could still see the faces of the Saxon dead in the battles he had fought.MoreLess
The sun was still shining for the days had grown longer with spring. Renaud gazed over the wide valley, green from the rain. Colorful wild flowers and clusters of birch trees dotted the sloping land where white, wooly ewes and their lambs grazed. Ahead in the distance he could see a large manor house next to what appeared to be a great hall, all surrounded by a palisade of wooden poles sharpened to a point. Behind... the manor ran the River Lune, the name he recalled when he was first told of Talisand. A village lay to the north, the cottages with their thatched roofs appearing golden in the afternoon sun. From where he sat astride Belasco, dense woods to the north of the village extended as far as the eye could see.
It was more than he had expected, the peace so real it was tangible, and a world away from the harsh sounds of London and the destruction in the south. He could still see the faces of the Saxon dead in the battles he had fought.MoreLess
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