Chapter 15 New MoonLovernios held Boudicca for as long as she needed. It was good to feel human warmth again and to see a familiar, kind face, especially when she had expected some sort of reprimand. When she felt able to address the world again, Boudicca pulled gently away from her lover and stood without leaning against him. She had left blood smeared all over the front of his robes, but he didn’t seem to mind. ‘We should all return to Londinium, madam.’ It was the first words any of them had spoken since the horde had left and the strange woman had disappeared back into the forests. Boudicca nodded; she didn’t feel like replying. The woods felt oddly deserted, more so for having just been the scene of such ribald merry-making. She imagined that, if only she could listen closely enoug

