He pulled out a chair for her next to his mother and turned. Behind him, he could see Braith walking from the stairs to the Main Hall. She had her head down as she walked, her focus on the chains between the cuffs that were on her wrists. So she was unaware of Bercelak walking up behind her, pull...
She turned her head, and their eyes locked. He watched her silently. And she guessed he had been for quite a while. He started to speak and Annwyl stopped him. “Don’t.” She pulled away from him, picked up her clothes, and walked off. “See you tomorrow.” &...
She had no clear idea what they found so amusing, but she was used to the ways of bitchy women. She’d lived with a group of them for years. Yet for her people and her father, she’d suck it up and pretend that she was no better than they were. The room she was to use as her own for the next few da...
As a group, they silently ate dried beef and bread, pulled out their bedrolls, and went to sleep. The next morning, when Éibhear woke up, he was alone. Since he found no signs of blood or body parts, he assumed everyone was alive somewhere. Éibhear ate more of the dried beef and bread, already th...