Castle of the Wolf

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Margaret Moore

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Историческая литература

Год написания книги

2018

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“As soon as the water’s heated, I’m going to have to wash your wound.”

“You’re no physician.”

“No, but I’ve dealt with such injuries before, my own and other’s. The sooner it’s tended to—”

“Take me home!” she commanded, but now there was a tremor in her voice. “You must take me back. I have to marry Blane.” She moved as if she was trying to stand, then gasped, her face growing even more pale.

“Sit,” he commanded, “or you’ll bleed more.”

She didn’t answer. She didn’t say anything, her lips a thin line of anger and pain, but at least she didn’t try to move again.

He reached for the warm water. “It’s good you’re wearing a heavy gown,” he said as he knelt down and got a good look at the spot where the arrow had pierced her garments. “I’m going to break the shaft so I can pull the fabric of your clothes away from the wound. Stay still. It won’t be easy. Fletchers use the hardest wood for strength.”

“I know that,” she snapped.

“I suspect there isn’t much you don’t know,” he replied. He held the shaft against her leg with one hand and gripped the other end of the shaft near the feathers with the other. “How many days until Christmas?”

“What?”

“How many days until Christmas. That’s got to be a busy time for you.”

“I don’t—”

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