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Chapters (96)
  1. Cover
  2. By David Gilman
  3. SHADOW OF THE HAWK
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. CHARACTER LIST
  8. Map
  9. Epigraph
  10. PROLOGUE
  11. PART ONE
  12. CHAPTER ONE
  13. CHAPTER TWO
  14. CHAPTER THREE
  15. CHAPTER FOUR
  16. CHAPTER FIVE
  17. CHAPTER SIX
  18. CHAPTER SEVEN
  19. CHAPTER EIGHT
  20. CHAPTER NINE
  21. CHAPTER TEN
  22. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  23. CHAPTER TWELVE
  24. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  25. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  26. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  27. PART TWO
  28. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  29. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  30. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  31. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  37. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  38. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  39. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  40. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  41. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  42. PART THREE
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  49. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  50. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  51. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  52. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  53. CHAPTER FORTY
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  55. PART FOUR
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  57. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  58. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  59. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  60. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  61. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  62. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  63. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY
  65. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  66. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  67. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  68. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  69. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  70. PART FIVE
  71. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  72. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  73. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  74. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  75. CHAPTER SIXTY
  76. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  77. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  78. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  79. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  80. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  81. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  82. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  83. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  84. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  85. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  86. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  87. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  88. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  89. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  90. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  91. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  92. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  93. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  94. Author’s Notes
  95. About the Author
  96. An Invitation from the Publisher

‘We protect Lázaro. Nothing more than that. Whoever killed her is not here.’

‘He hasn’t seen the King yet.’

‘He will.’

Horses clattered into the yard. Blackstone and Killbere stepped out as the Moors returned from their patrol. Sayyid al-Hakam strode to meet them. He listened to what his patrol leader told him, raised his head and stared directly at Blackstone.

‘He knows,’ said Killbere.

‘He can’t prove it,’ said Blackstone.

‘He has a torn surcoat in his fist,’ said Killbere, hiding his words behind the wine flask he raised to his lips.

Sayyid al-Hakam walked to where the two men stood. ‘Dead Englishmen lie beyond the walls. They are Ranulph de Hayle’s men.’

‘How do you know that?’ said Killbere.

The Moor’s face creased. He touched his chest where a hobelar’s blazon would be. ‘His mark.’

‘And how would Sayyid al-Hakam, master of Don Pedro’s cavalry, know the blazon of an English routier?’

The Moor had been prepared to challenge Blackstone. He faltered but held his nerve. ‘I have seen him.’

‘Here?’ said Blackstone.

Once again al-Hakam hesitated. ‘No. Outside the walls. We gave chase once when he raided a village.’ He tossed the torn surcoat bearing Blackstone’s blazon on the floor. ‘You killed those men. How did you get past my guards? Or Álvaraz’s men? I must report to the King.’

Killbere picked up the bloodstained surcoat. ‘This means nothing. We fought de Hayle’s men days before we got here. Some of our men died; those of de Hayle who escaped could have taken this as a trophy. Last night we slept in the stables. Who would go out into a storm and try to find routiers?’

Sayyid al-Hakam looked from one to the other. ‘You dry your clothes.’

‘The roof in the stables leaks and some of the men are washing their shirts to keep the lice at bay,’ Killbere answered without missing a beat.

The Moor studied them a moment longer and then turned his back and returned to his men.

‘Do you believe him?’ said Killbere. ‘About how he knew they were de Hayle’s men?’

‘No. He is the King's man and we know de Hayle was here before setting out to search for Lázaro. That’s how al-Hakam knows de Hayle’s blazon. He and Pedro are conspiring to kill the only witness.’

Killbere swilled some wine and corked the flask. ‘My God, Thomas, life was simpler when all we had to do was kill the French.’

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE