The Thunder King (Bell Mountain) (35 page)

“You know I won’t let this fool go on alone!” she said, glaring at Jack. “Nor you, if it comes to that. Well, at least we won’t have to go with ropes around our necks.”

“And it’s a long, long way,” said Jack. “Anything might happen before we get there. But tell his honor that he has to let Wytt travel with us.”

But Wytt was already back hiding in the empty saddlebag, although none of them knew it at the time.

Table of Contents

Rain

A Dance of Predators

King Ryons’ Charge

Faces in the Fire

News from the East

A View from on High

Some Words of Prophecy

The Lost King

Wanderers

The Forest and the City

Merry Mary

The Survival of the Temple

The Walls of Obann

A Man on Horseback

Obst Gives Thanks

Ryons and Edwydd

Cavall Strikes

Helki and the Heathen Champion

New Recruits

Obst Preaches from the Scrolls

The Death-Dog

Jack and Ellayne Rebel

The Badger and the Bear

Runaways

Captured by the Heathen

Nanny’s Visions

The Last Prophet

The Griffs Return

The Voice of God

The Start of a Very Long Journey

“A New Thing That You Will Not Believe”

How Chillith Became a Mardar

The Bell Tower

A New Marching Song

The End of a Long Friendship

Wytt Arranges an Ambush

Cavall Bolts

The Great Beast

The Last Sunset

The Mission of the Temple

Lord Reesh’s Departure

The Salvation of the Lord

How the City Got a King

How CHillith Learned to See