The Warrior's Bond (Einarinn 4)
“An eager young man deposited yet another stack of dusty parchments in front of Temar.“Thank you, Master Kuse.” Temar managed to sound grateful.“Call me Dolsan,” said the saturnine youth as he leafed intently through the pile.“Then you must call me Temar,” he said with feeling. “Esquire D’Alsennin is over formal.”“The Sieur likes formality.” The clerk brushed a cobweb from the front of his jerkin. “Come to that, shouldn’t you be the Sieur D’Alsennin by now?”Temar sat back in his round-armed chai...r. “Should I?”Dolsan continued sorting documents. “You’re the elder male of the Name, so you’re entitled to propose yourself in the absence of any others.”Temar managed a shaky laugh. “As far as I’m concerned my grandsire will always be the Sieur.”“But what about everyone else’s concerns?” Dolsan asked, head on one side.“What has it to do with everyone else?” demanded Temar.Dolsan raised hands to deflect the irritation in Temar’s words. “It’s such an unusual occurrence, a Name reduced to one man.MoreLess
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