Flights of AngelsWhen Elowyn, step-daughter of a powerful British landowner, threw herself between the man on the auction block and his owner's whip, Hengist, the prisoner, an Angle chieftain, knew he was fated to join his heart with hers forever. But that meant choosing between beautiful Elowyn, or fleeing to freedom. |
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... Ecgfrith , but Hengist wasn't ready for defeat . " From a circle , " he commanded , and Ecgfrith obeyed with- out hesitation . " The Mercians first , " ordered Hengist . " Ride out and scatter them , then return . The Deirans will be ...
... Ecgfrith , but Hengist wasn't ready for defeat . " From a circle , " he commanded , and Ecgfrith obeyed with- out hesitation . " The Mercians first , " ordered Hengist . " Ride out and scatter them , then return . The Deirans will be ...
Page 330
... Ecgfrith was already far ahead , but Hengist couldn't leave her unaided . If the bitter Aethelwald should find her there , Hengist knew better than to believe she would be spared , but he couldn't take such a chance with her life . Even ...
... Ecgfrith was already far ahead , but Hengist couldn't leave her unaided . If the bitter Aethelwald should find her there , Hengist knew better than to believe she would be spared , but he couldn't take such a chance with her life . Even ...
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... Ecgfrith , as sub - king of Deira . The young man immediately set about refashioning Aethelwald's Great Hall . " He doesn't seem particularly subordinate , does he ? " observed Elowyn to Hengist as father and son stood arguing upon the ...
... Ecgfrith , as sub - king of Deira . The young man immediately set about refashioning Aethelwald's Great Hall . " He doesn't seem particularly subordinate , does he ? " observed Elowyn to Hengist as father and son stood arguing upon the ...
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