Tamara reached up and took his hand. It was cool but strong and a mischievous smile turned up one corner of his mouth. He began to pull her up so that she might ride behind him on his mount. She felt strangely shy and glanced demurely away from his intense eyes, and a strange ripple of fear went through her.

But why was she afraid of this handsome, gallant man? Why was-

Ghosts. Phantoms. Thundering hooves. He was not what he seemed. How could she have-

"Lady?" he asked, voice so kind and soothing that she looked up at him again.

Tamara hesitated.

In that moment of hesitation she heard Bodicea shouting for her again, crying out her name. Tamara shook herself and the mist that had enshrouded her mind lifted. She snapped her head around in time to see