Forest of Ruin (2016)
“. . the next day. The horses had tired, and Edwyn had apologized for the delay, but they’d needed to make camp for the sake of the beasts. Ashyn would never argue with that. If Ronan disagreed, he’d wisely kept it to himself.
Already today they’d stopped briefly for a midday meal, and when they had, Edwyn had sent two of the women on ahead to “tell the others and begin the preparations.” When Ashyn had asked what that meant, he’d only smiled enigmatically and said, “Patience, child.”
They had n...ot gone overly far when they stopped again. Ronan grumbled under his breath as he and Ashyn both gazed out over the landscape, seeing nothing that would explain their halting. Simply another delay, they presumed.
“We have arrived,” Edwyn said.
Ashyn looked out again, as if she might somehow have missed a dwelling. To the west was a distant hill. The rest was flat, grassy land. There seemed nothing for a quarter day’s ride in any direction.
“Well?” Edwyn said. “Ronan? I may be old, but I’ve clearly heard your grumbling about the distance.MoreLess
Already today they’d stopped briefly for a midday meal, and when they had, Edwyn had sent two of the women on ahead to “tell the others and begin the preparations.” When Ashyn had asked what that meant, he’d only smiled enigmatically and said, “Patience, child.”
They had n...ot gone overly far when they stopped again. Ronan grumbled under his breath as he and Ashyn both gazed out over the landscape, seeing nothing that would explain their halting. Simply another delay, they presumed.
“We have arrived,” Edwyn said.
Ashyn looked out again, as if she might somehow have missed a dwelling. To the west was a distant hill. The rest was flat, grassy land. There seemed nothing for a quarter day’s ride in any direction.
“Well?” Edwyn said. “Ronan? I may be old, but I’ve clearly heard your grumbling about the distance.MoreLess
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