“If it wasn’t for the Huns, I’d marry you before summer’s end,” he said, leaning close so his breath brushed her skin. I’ll need the gods’ aid far more than you, safe behind your palisade.” He wound his fingers through hers and pulled them against his chest. “You must make me something useful, once you’ve mastered the art. “Master Raginmar used it to teach me the rudiments of the Becoming One.” “It’s a practice piece,” she replied, biting down on her anger. You shouldn’t be wasting your time making baubles.” “Yes,” she replied, head spinning with excitement. “I would have thought flowers or birds more appropriate for a maiden?”Ī shiver ran through her. I worked on it in the evenings, to take my mind off the Huns.” There was no way she’d tell him its purpose. Praise the Great Mother, Ma hadn’t heard. “Did you come to Erdeu to round up warriors in Lord Angmar’s name?” Gelvira asked. To rebuild old Roman fortifications.” His face darkened and he compressed his lips.

“It must be a lot to take in,” Widin said. The wood creaked as someone sat beside her. If you like strong heroines, thrilling action, and rich historical detail, you’ll love Charlotte Jardine’s page-turning saga.Īfter the meeting broke up, Gelvira sat by the fire, mulling over everything she’d heard. Jaws of the Wolf is the exciting first novel in the epic Visigoth Chronicles series of YA adventures. Will Adafuns reunite with the exiles in time to free Gelvira from her loathsome vows? With her people starving, marrying the tribal elder’s spoiled son may be Gelvira’s only hope to save her family. Captured and carried off by the Huns, Adafuns’ dream of being a warrior could come true… at the cost of losing Gelvira forever. But as a slave in her father’s service, he has little chance of either. After a Hun raid sends her people into exile, her chance to master the ancient secrets of her craft are stripped away…Īdafuns yearns to become a great warrior and win Gelvira’s affection. But the arrogant son of a tribal elder wants her for a wife instead. Gelvira dreams of becoming a powerful jeweler.

Jaws of the Wolf by Charlotte Jardine