Two Days Late So Far…
(Swords with Souls)
Fantasy Fiction
By Dan Watt
(Author of BARD: Bearer of the Gemstone)
(Author of the Plagueborn series)
– Adult content –
‘Fear not Egbert,’ the lord told him as they came face to face.
He watched the lord’s sword hand but saw no intention of violence.
‘King Durmad has ordered the diversion of the Massika River to a new palace he is building,’ Lord Idris told him. ‘That means the flow of water to Buttigieg Gardenery will gradually dry up. The boys who are old enough will be sent to a war camp. The rest, including all the girls, will be left to fend for themselves.’
He didn’t know what to say. He just stood gawking.
‘At least Lord Ysbail won’t be speaking ill of me into the king’s ears again.’ Here the lord’s voice broke with emotion. ‘Asghari won’t leave my side. I’ve never begged in my life for anything but I begged her to go from me.’ The Lord’s gaze turns to his brother’s smoldering tower. ‘Dodder wasn’t the only sodomizer, rapist, conniving, greedy monster there. Nor were they just males. Vile people attract other vile people and often create new ones. Sometimes, the only way to cure that disease is to burn all the rot down. When Liam and Cara ran the gardenery it was a welcoming place where people willingly worked hard. My brother, Ysbail, ruined that with his one-sided laws, and atrocities.’ The lord stared into his eyes then. ‘You need to help lead the young ones north. Before you go the weapon maker.’
He nodded and stepped forward to walk back to the gardenery with the lord.
As they walked through the gates, he grimaced at the acrid smell mixed with that of burning flesh. ‘I heard there’s going to be a gardenery at the new palace,’ he says through his hand as he uses it to cover his nose and mouth.
‘We’ll see. I must leave now,’ Lord Idris said coughing from the horrid smell himself. ‘Should I have need of you what new name will you go by?’
‘Bronzton,’ he replied.
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