Summary

Chapter 21

Guen is pregnant with their first child and Artos urges her to stay with her father until it should be born. She tells him that their child will be born under the protection of his father's sword and no others. Artos gives in and allows her to stay. A bad storm comes upon them after they are three days down the road and Guen regrets her staunch decision to follow him on the road with the war host. She starts to go into labor and they are no where near their usual settlements. However, they are near Druim Dhu's village (The Dark People) and he takes her on Signus his stallion to Dhu's village for help.

When they arrive Guen is terrified, thinking that the earthen lodges are fairy mounds. She won't have her babe born there, but Artos stands up to...