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  1. When The Eagle Hunts
  2. When The Eagle Hunts
  3. When The Eagle Hunts
  4. Chapter One
  5. When The Eagle Hunts
  6. Chapter Two
  7. When The Eagle Hunts
  8. Chapter Three
  9. When The Eagle Hunts
  10. Chapter Four
  11. When The Eagle Hunts
  12. Chapter Five
  13. When The Eagle Hunts
  14. Chapter Six
  15. When The Eagle Hunts
  16. Chapter Seven
  17. When The Eagle Hunts
  18. Chapter Eight
  19. When The Eagle Hunts
  20. Chapter Nine
  21. When The Eagle Hunts
  22. Chapter Ten
  23. When The Eagle Hunts
  24. Chapter Eleven
  25. When The Eagle Hunts
  26. Chapter Twelve
  27. When The Eagle Hunts
  28. Chapter Thirteen
  29. When The Eagle Hunts
  30. Chapter Fourteen
  31. When The Eagle Hunts
  32. Chapter Fifteen
  33. When The Eagle Hunts
  34. Chapter Sixteen
  35. When The Eagle Hunts
  36. Chapter Seventeen
  37. When The Eagle Hunts
  38. Chapter Eighteen
  39. When The Eagle Hunts
  40. Chapter Nineteen
  41. When The Eagle Hunts
  42. Chapter Twenty
  43. When The Eagle Hunts
  44. Chapter Twenty-One
  45. When The Eagle Hunts
  46. Chapter Twenty-Two
  47. When The Eagle Hunts
  48. Chapter Twenty-Three
  49. When The Eagle Hunts
  50. Chapter Twenty-Four
  51. When The Eagle Hunts
  52. Chapter Twenty-Five
  53. When The Eagle Hunts
  54. Chapter Twenty-Six
  55. When The Eagle Hunts
  56. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  57. When The Eagle Hunts
  58. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  59. When The Eagle Hunts
  60. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  61. When The Eagle Hunts
  62. Chapter Thirty
  63. When The Eagle Hunts
  64. Chapter Thirty-One
  65. When The Eagle Hunts
  66. Chapter Thirty-Two
  67. When The Eagle Hunts
  68. Chapter Thirty-Three
  69. When The Eagle Hunts
  70. Chapter Thirty-Four
  71. When The Eagle Hunts
  72. Chapter Thirty-Five

‘Maybe,’ replied Cato. ‘But the bigger the line of defence, the more thinly spread the watchmen,’

‘Oh, that’s good! Mind if I quote you some day? You idiot!’

Cato had the grace to flush with embarrassment at his precocious remark, and Macro nodded with satisfaction. Didn’t do to let these youngsters get too full of themselves. Up ahead Prasutagus had wheeled his horse round and now raised his arm to point at the hill fort. He was grandly illuminated by a halo of bright sunshine against the blue sky as he spoke.

‘The Great Fortress…’

‘No, really?’ Macro growled. ‘Thanks for letting us know.’

Despite his sarcastic response, Macro was still running a professional eye over the structure and wondering if it might yet be taken, once the Second Legion set to it. Despite the clever layout of the approach route through the ramparts, there was no sign that the fortress was designed to withstand the attentions of a well-equipped modern army.

‘Sir!’ Cato interrupted his line of thought and Macro raised an angry eyebrow. ‘Sir, look there!’

Cato was pointing away from the Great Fortress, back towards the Druids and the small covered wagon they were escorting. Only they weren’t escorting it any more. In sight of their haven, the Druids had urged their mounts into a trot and already the column of horsemen had drawn well ahead of the wagon. They were making straight for the nearest gate in the ramparts. In front of them the track curved round a small forest towards a narrow trestle bridge that spanned the river. Cato’s excitement rose as he quickly estimated the relative speeds of the mounted Druids, the wagon and themselves. He nodded. ‘We could do it.’

‘There’s our chance!’ Macro barked. ‘Prasutagus! Look there!’

The Iceni warrior quickly grasped the situation and nodded vigorously. ‘We go.’

‘What about Boudica?’ asked Cato.

‘What about her?’ Macro snapped. ‘What’re we waiting for? Come on!’

Macro kicked his heels into the flanks of his horse and headed down the slope in the direction of the wagon.

When The Eagle Hunts

Chapter Twenty-Eight