Picking Up the Gauntlet by Elizabeth Rose EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Elizabeth Rose
- Language: English
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- Status: Available For Free Download
- Genre: Military Romance Ancient World Historical Romance
- Price: Free
- File Size: 2 MB
- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
BLAKE CASTLE, ENGLAND, 1374
Dogs. There were at least two of them in the distance and they were headed
her way!
Lady Raven Blake’s head shot up as she listened closely from her
secluded spot in the forest. It was just past daybreak, but she was sure she’d
heard the low, deep barking of canines, and it was getting louder.
How had they found her so quickly?
“My lady, it sounds as if the castle hounds are searching for you, and on
your trail,” announced Albert, the thirteen-year-old page who was one of the
two boys assisting her today. Albert was a tall, skinny lad with deep-set eyes
as dark as his scraggly hair that hung down to his shoulders. The other boy
with her was Harold, the squire of Raven’s twin brother, Rook.
Harold was the opposite of Albert, having blond hair and a good build
with muscles. At eighteen years of age, he was far from actually being a boy
anymore. Harold was in training to someday become a knight. He sat atop his
horse at the other end of the makeshift tilt that would separate them as they
jousted. By rights, this should be a wooden fence, but Raven had to be
resourceful since she was practicing in the woods. She’d used a rope and tied
it between two branches that she’d stuck in the ground. All she really needed
was something to depict lanes, so this would work fine.
Harold gripped his lance, ready to joust, but looked more than nervous to
actually do it. She’d seen him joust many times when he’d practiced with
Rook. He’d never seemed as nervous as he did now. The young man actually
had nothing to worry about. He was good at the sport. Raven learned a lot
about the joust just by watching the knights and other men but had never
really tried it.
“I am well aware of the dogs on my trail, Albert,” Raven answered with a
sigh, mounting her horse and collecting her shield from the boy. She knew
exactly which dogs were pursuing her because of the sound of their barking.
They were her own dogs, Copper and Brindy.
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