CHAPTER 6
ConfrontationThe child was born, a boy they named Lear. At this time, in the eyes of the people, Bladud could do no wrong. No hero ever stood so high in their estimation as he had done since the mysterious incident of the wheel. Only Liel nursed a festering grudge, convinced that Bladud had somehow set up a trick to make himself look good and Liel to look bad. Bladud himself tried to remember exactly how it had happened, but could not; the moment had passed, and with it its magic. He even sent men out to look for the wildman and his wheel, but no trace of him could be found.
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Late in that summer Hudibras and Liel set off on a campaign to the north, where several princes were on the move, hungry for land and power. Bladud was left to manage the kingdom, and Rheinid acqui
