Traitor's Blood (Civil War Chronicles) - Plot & Excerpts
‘What is it?’ a man’s voice cut through the sound of her rapid breaths. She sat bolt upright and looked across to where the outline of Father Benjamin Laney lay a few feet away. He had turned to look at her, propping his head up on an elbow. ‘Nothing. A dream.’ She could see the priest’s eyes narrow in the gloom, studying her. ‘You must have suffered much in your short life, my child.’ Lisette gave a little snort of derision. ‘We must get up. It is dawn.’ She knew she would later regret the brusqueness of her tone, but, in the half-light of that newborn morning, she was still under the oppressive weight of her nightmare. The shrill cries of terrified children. The sickly sweet stench of charred flesh. The tears and blood. The laughter of men. Soldiers. Father Benjamin heaved himself up, stretching to the low ceiling as his spine complained with a chorus of clicks. ‘God be with us today.’ Yes, thought Lisette. God be with us. Sergeant-Major Tobias Hunter was a pious man, a Parliamentarian for reasons of faith rather than politics.
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