Klaire de Lys
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Outsider: Chapter 29
Jarl was exhausted. He paused for a moment to lean against a tree. Strands of his long hair stuck to the side of his face and beads of sweat stood out on his forehead. The Aldwood was not like the barren pass. Wild plants, trees and bushes were everywhere, together with long grass that caught in his feet as he ran. His knees were scratched from the number of times he had tripped and fallen. Knud and Astrid’s added weight made it all the more painful. Knud was not much better off. His red, curly hair limp and dirty. He had done his best to keep up with Jarl but could not match his long strides. Jarl’s entire right side was strained from Knud’s weight pulling him down with each hobble.
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Fiction
Outsider: Chapter 27
“Knud. Knud wake up. We have to start walking.” Jarl shook him gently. His eyes snapped open and darted about in panic for a moment. As soon as he saw the sun had barely risen and they were in no danger, he closed them again and slumped back onto the ground.
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Fiction
Outsider: Chapter 26
Systa kept her eyes closed and held Skógi’s hand as tightly as she could. Under the bodies, the pervasive stink of sweat and blood made it almost impossible to breath. The cart they had been piled onto along with the rest of the bodies was so rickety that every cobblestone rattled them down to their bones
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Fiction
Outsider: Chapter 25
Jarl was fast asleep, with his arm draped protectively across Knud’s chest. Astrid glanced at them one more time before she looked at the forest and the mountains on her right. The moonlight was still not bright enough to see under the dark canopy. The roots of the trees stretched out into the plains far further than their branches. Some of them were trees, but she could also sense the Frǫðleikr nestled among them and their attention on the two dwarfs sleeping so close to them.
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Fiction
Outsider: Chapter 22
Systa skidded her bison to a stop before Ulf’s yurt. A cloud of dust rose behind her and she smiled broadly. One dwarf was tied to the back of her bison and three more were tied behind the riders that followed her. All of them were gagged and blindfolded.
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Fiction
Outside: Chapter 21
It was only now that they could see the Haltija pass in front of them that Jarl and Knud could appreciate the enormity of the Riddari mountain range. On their journey from Einn along the small roads and paths which ran alongside it they had not realised just how much the landscape rose up to meet the mountains. Now, as they stood at the foot of the Haltija pass, they could see the break in the mountains as though an enormous trench had been dug through them, while the peaks on either side were completely hidden in clouds. The strip of wasteland which passed through the Haltija was barren of any kind of trees or bushes. Long, wiry, dark green grass which spread down from the plains on the other side of the Riddari grew everywhere. There were no trees, just the grass and the wind which cut through them like dozens of little needles. The air was noticeably colder.
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Fiction
Outsider: Chapter 19
Astrid took a long breath as she walked back towards Jarl and Knud. She could see condensation forming from her breath in the cold night. Before she said a word, she piled the wood she had collected onto the fire and sat down on the rocks. Her face was exposed for the first time that day.
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Fiction