CHAPTER 12
It took almost two hours of riding in the morning to reach the borders of Beli Mawr’s domain. Gwyn and Ceridwen would tell George little about the purpose of the visit, and largely kept their thoughts to themselves along the way.
The guards assigned by Edern took the three of them along the roads to Edern’s local way and through that to Ceri, a market town within Edern’s domain where two other ways exited. George detected a hidden way beyond the town, and that’s where they headed, riding casually through the town to the local keep. The castellan Tudwystl was Edern’s vassal.
Their sergeant halted at the entrance and announced the visitors. While they waited for permission to enter, George took in the physical defenses of the place, the high and sturdy stone walls, the cleared
