Web of Deceit

Authors: M. K. Hume

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“The shallow slick of the marsh was red with the last dregs of the sun in a dusk that seemed interminable. Hours had passed since the Saxons had been driven into the river with a profligate waste of life. Cadoc and two younger healers were still wading through the foot-deep mud and rushes as they searched for any warriors who might have survived the battle, although Myrddion had little hope that the fierce fighting had left many men alive. The long half-light of summer seemed so peaceful in this... landscape of nodding bulrushes and strange flowering plants that lived between earth and deep water, while insects still hummed and darted in the last of the light. The healer felt the mud grate under the soles of his boots and stared into the flags of daylight with eyes that were tired and dispirited.The years in Uther’s service had been so very, very hard.‘Hold him!’ Cadoc shouted abruptly. ‘In the name of all things good, pack the wound with mud, anything, until our master can treat him on the table.MoreLess Read More Read Less