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No!

No!

No!

Wake up! What is it? Llud!

No! No! No!

Llud! It�s Arthur! Llud!

Lenni.

Sorry about this... everything.

They say you should never disturb another man�s dreams.

Or intrude on them afterwards.

I suffer from sodden clothes. I�ve had enough of this.

You have a fever.

Leave me alone, nothing ails me.

Perhaps you�re just tired.

The last skirmish with the Saxons taxed us all.

You believe because I�m twice your age that battle begins to weary me?

Well, Llud is not old yet.

Nor feeble. � Nor foolish.

Our campaigns will be greatly weakened with you unfit to play your part.

Rest a day or two.

Lenni will take care of you.

I need no nursemaid!

Where are you going? � Don�t worry.

Where�s Kai?

I�ve asked him to check a report that there�s an armed party coming this way.

Led by Brandreth. � Brandreth?

They say that he and his tribe are more treacherous than the marshlands they inhabit.

Bed�s no place for any warriors. � Now you look.

You rest for a while.

They�re a long way off. Wait till Kai returns.

Tell Arthur he need have no fear.

I come in peace to swear a pact of allegiance with him.

Are these all the men you have with you?

Did you not scout the area thoroughly before you approached?

I�ll deliver your message.

His name�s Kai.

He was sent here to look us over and decided to make contact.

Now he rides back to tell Arthur of our meeting place.

You�d best rejoin your master before he becomes suspicious.

I�ll be ready to go when you attack.

Brosk is waiting for my signal.

You know what to do. And remember.

I want my brother taken alive.

Gavron. � No harm will come to you.

A few uncomfortable days in a nearby cave

while I settle once and for all with Arthur.

In my name. � I�ve made sure of that.

Our appearance is identical, your name is my name.

It�s a family matter.

You�ll never understand, will you?

We Celts are fighting the Saxons now.

Old hatreds, brother, lie behind us.

I will have revenge.

Brandreth seemed a man of reason.

What�s he doing here in the West?

He seeks to make a pact.

Arthur, I believe he wants peace.

Since when did these eastern tribes begin to know the meaning of the word?

The way Llud feels today he�d suspect his own shadow.

What�s wrong? � Nothing.

We were talking about Brandreth.

Why this sudden urge for brotherhood?

He also has the Saxon wolves snapping at his heels.

He would move his people to greater safety and join his army to ours.

When do we discuss this pact? � Tomorrow.

At a place a few hours� ride from here.

Why doesn�t he come here to talk?

With only a handful of men he�s as cautious of us as we are of him.

Where do we meet?

Beyond the great oak forest, where the river turns south.

Brandreth will be waiting on the meadow at this side of the river.

Kai, you and I leave at daybreak.

I�ll go with you! � No, Llud.

You stay in command of the camp.

I�ll be fresh in the morning. I�ll ride at your side.

I say you�ll remain here.

I need no sleeping potion, girl. Leave me alone!

Wait!

Let Arthur know I would talk with him.

I talked with Arthur last night. We decided that I should go in his place.

Arthur�s sleeping... soundly.

The sleeping draught that was meant for you.

I want to meet this Brandreth first. � Why?

I�m concerned.

I�ve met Brandreth.

I thought him to be an honest man.

Are you not prepared to accept my word?

Kai, I... I have thoughts of my own.

Hey!

Greetings.

Greetings, Brandreth.

You are not Arthur? � I am Llud!

Like Kai, I also serve as one of his lieutenants.

I expected Arthur.

He would have us ask more questions of you.

Make certain arrangements.

Such formality. Such sheltering.

Is that what comes of having so young a leader?

He is young in years. But the future lies in his hands.

With the help of us all.

True, he needs stout allies.

Very well.

Leave your horses to water, and approach.

We will talk.

Where the grass lies low, and the wind sweeps wide.

Where the black dove flies, by the green lakeside.

There I must go, must stand, must stare.

For �twas there on the lake, that I lost me a bride.

If the stones could walk, and the mountains move.

If the trees could talk...

Why did you not tell one of us about this dream?

I brought you both up never to show any fear.

Would you have had me admit to it?

Had you, we might not have ended up here, trussed up like chickens for the spit.

I couldn�t know that this was a premonition.

Warning. � Well, it was.

What else happened in that dream?

Did you see Llud and Kai leave?

Just after sunrise.

It�s a pity it was not Arthur who walked into the trap.

I thought Brandreth had made it easy for me.

Where is Brandreth? � He is safe.

I have no wish to harm my brother.

But you would kill Arthur?

Four years ago a battle was waged over disputed hunting grounds

near the old Roman remains at Sarum.

I remember. Celt against Celt.

I fought there, with Kai.

Many men were slain that day.

Among them our father, killed by Arthur.

Your father fell as a fighting man.

He ran the same risk as all of us.

I have sworn to avenge his death.

Yet your brother would make peace with Arthur.

My brother is weak!

But by crawling to Arthur he gives me a chance.

A chance you�ve lost by capturing us.

No.

One of you will send a message to Arthur, telling him to come to this meeting.

Never.

I want them separated!

I�m sure that one of you can be persuaded to change his mind.

And save his neck.

Take Llud out and stake him to the ground.

Let�s see how he feels about losing his other hand.

Put the hand well in.

No!

Unless Llud would write a message for us.

No!

Say the word. � Burn in hell!

What�re you doing with Llud?

Llud!

Say you�ll write the letter.

A simple message, that�s all. � No.

A simple message.

Yes. Yes! Yes!

I can�t use the quill. My hand�s too damaged.

Write!

I swear I can�t. It�s as numb as the other one.

Very well. I shall write it. You sign.

This brooch will be my signature.

Arthur knows it well.

Good.

You�re lying. Llud would never betray Arthur.

I�m sending a man now, with this to give credence to Llud�s message.

Arthur will be here by sundown.

The meeting place to be the same.

�I have asked Brandreth to write this letter for me, as I cannot write it myself.�

�I was thrown from my horse, and have injured my hand.�

Give me the scroll.

Is his hand badly hurt?

Hmm. A sprain, I think.

Return, and say that I will keep the meeting.

Please. Can I have a drink?

I�m parched.

I am Brandreth. Greetings.

Greetings.

I have waited a long time to avenge my father�s death.

Then I fear you�ve waited in vain.

Call them.

Kellas! Brosk!

Over here!

How did you know? � Know?

The area was surrounded by your men.

How did you know it was a trap? � You told me.

You wrote that Llud could not write because of his injured hand.

Llud cannot write at all. He never learned.

Hold! � Don�t be a fool, Llud!

He outreaches you!

He�s mine.

I have a dream to put to rest.

Leave me! No, no! Go away!

In the name of the gods, no! No! No.

Kai! Kai! Wake up! What is it?

Kai, it�s Llud. You�re having a dream.

A dream?

That monster was more than a dream!

Monster?

A giant. � Yes.

Coming at me. � Alright.

I ran. I fell. � Alright.

Then two gigantic arms were around me.

I was carried off, pushed down on the grass, I was helpless.

Her grasp held me like a vice.

Her grasp?

She held me so tight, I was powerless.

But it was very nice.