|
Thornden and Léof came within view. Their prisoner had been tied with a vine. Now there was a piece of ingenuity, Eodwine thought. But his attention was quickly turned toward Ritun and Lefun. Their faces looked pale .... too pale. He set aside the sword he had been carrying and knelt down beside the two. They lay still.
The two fathers and their sons came up on either side of Eodwine, and looked intently at the still forms of the twins.
Eodwine felt the side of Lefun's neck, then Ritun's. He could feel no pulse.
"They have passed beyond the walls of Arda," he said quietly.
|