A Marriage of Swords
At their head, on a sleek chestnut horse, was a man in polished half-plate: Lord Gryffen, his face handsome and cruel under a trimmed beard.
On the other side of the river, the north side where the cliffs rose toward the Hold, stood the clansmen. Perhaps fifty of them, looking outnumbered but utterly unconcerned. They stood in loose, fierce knots, axes and great swords resting on their shoulders. Behind them, on the high slopes, more figures moved among the trees. Duncan’s people.
And in the middle, on a stone bridge that spanned the torrent, stood Leigh’s father.