Chapter 47
On the third morning, the archers took the field.
“Choose your bow!” the fieldman shouted. “Spears next!”
Dozens of targets stood at the far end of the field. The ground warriors gathered on their half of the field and selected long bows—weapons that extended from the ground to well above their heads—for long-range shooting. The mounted archers—Bradamante included—would use short bows they could shoot from the hip while riding at furious speed.
Bradamante stood with the other horsemen surveying their field. Mounds of hay had been set as obstacles between them and the targets. The mounted archers would have to maneuver their horses around the hay while shooting at the targets.
Bradamante fingered the handle on her own bow. It was one she had made from deer bone and maple sho
