CHAPTER 29
Rhodri called to the people on the terrace. “There’s a new way, out where the other two were.” He pointed west. They took off on foot and passed a guard’s post, a perimeter Lleision had established for a little extra defense. Gwyn and Edern grabbed lit torches from it as they went by.
Rhodri tried to catch up with them but they were faster. He swore under his breath. He’d just have to lead from behind, tell them if they started going in the wrong direction. To his left Ceridwen was keeping up well, her long woolen skirts hoisted in each hand to lift them above the snow. A mounted guard cantered up on their left and Ceridwen shouted, but he didn’t hear her. She whirled in the snow, dropped her skirts, and with a gesture stopped both horse and rider abruptly. That got his attent
