Chapter Eight
New
As the days passed, and the hours on the road began to feel endless, Lucien found himself liking to ride alone without any company. Every now and then he’d be drawn into a conversation by Iain or a few of the soldiers, but otherwise he kept to the middle of the contingency, ahead of the two wagons.
It was growing late when they reached New . Lucien chose to bunk with the rest of the battle lord’s men in the soldiers’ barracks, and saw little of his parents or the others who were accompanying them after they disbursed. They were only supposed to stay long enough for evening meal, but , who oversaw the compound under ’ banner, convinced them to stay the night and resume their trek before sunrise.
Once meal was over, he decided to climb the ladder up to the catwalk th
