Chapter 66
Col rode with a desperate urgency, the wind whipping past him, the rhythmic pounding of his horse's hooves echoing through the silent forest. The urgency of his mission, the need to warn Northumbria, pushed him onward, overriding the weariness that gnawed at his body. He pushed his horse to its limits, the animal's powerful legs eating up the miles, the landscape blurring into a green and brown tapestry. He was driven to reach Northumbria, to deliver his warning. The sun began to set, casting long, ominous shadows across the forest floor, but Col pressed on, his eyes fixed on the path ahead. He knew he had to reach the city before nightfall, before the darkness could conceal any lurking dangers. As the last rays of sunlight faded, he emerged from the dense forest, the towering walls of
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