Chapter 5
“Caradoc?” asked Cyprian once they were on the road again. “Caradoc?”
“I had to think quickly,” explained Brennus. “What would have happened if I’d called you Cyprian?”
“It was a close call all round. I mean, those Red Devils were obviously looking for someone.”
“It might not have been you.”
“We’ll never know, will we?”
Brennus took Cyprian’s hand. “Listen, we’ve walked a long, long way. We must be hundreds of miles from where we started. It’s the only reason we can move about during the day. Look around you. Even the countryside’s different.”
The woodlands and grasslands had given way to more hilly country, dotted with lakes and sweeping plains. Wildflowers grew amongst the grass. The earth was too rocky for cultivation. Game was in plentiful supply since the terrain wasn
