Daughter of the Wolf (61 page)

Prefecti
– senior royal officials and administrators.

Quale rosae fulgent inter sua lilia mixtae
– ‘So roses shine when lilies round them blow' (Ovid).

Sharn
– excrement (Scots).

Smirr
– a drift of light rain (Scots).

Trowie
– an Orcadian world for the otherworldly people who inhabit mounds (see discussion in the Historical Note).

Trux aper insequitur totosque sub inguine dentes
– ‘The wild boar thrust its tusks entire into his groin' (Ovid).

Yole
– a small fishing boat, pointed fore and aft, with one or two masts.

V
ICTORIA
W
HITWORTH
is a historian and bestselling author of
The Bone Thief
and
The Traitors' Pit
. Having worked as a lecturer, tour guide, artist's model and teacher, she now lives in Orkney, where she writes full time.

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First published in the UK in 2016 by Head of Zeus Ltd

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