‘I will go back to Trinovantum,’ Bladud said suddenly, decisively.
Relief showed in Yaruk’s face.
‘But I will return here when I am king and build a healing sanctuary and a shrine here, so that my people may benefit from Sul’s grace just as I have done. I swear it by all the gods.’
And then, heavy of heart, he turned away from the waterfall and the mystery of Mysteries that lay there.
* * * *
On the way back they kept out of sight as much as possible to avoid alerting Liel to Bladud’s intentions until it was too late for him to do anything about them. The murderous Torna was on both their minds, though neither spoke of him.
It was on the second night of their secret journey that the assassin made his next move — and it was an owl that saved Bladud’s life. Yaruk woke with a start as a
