ard by a man on his horse. Men, women and children booed at us as we went. Some of them spit at us. Others cheered, commen

en. She had been crying since mom and dad were killed and the tears just kept coming. She was too young f

s, now lying in ruins. King Degar unmounted his horse and the crowd cheered even more. He whispered a

l we came before a small podium. We were pushed onto the podium and the crowd went wild. We were

r King has retur

ds in the air. The peo

these

pain. I launched myself at him. Almost immediately, I

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ring to me. I was thrown to the ground with so muc

was sa

ing Nayla to her

isoners. Your serv

uld rather die than be a slave to this man and his people. He threw Nayla to his side and she landed with a thum

our chains and dragged through the halls. We were led to a small room. It had just one wi

nd the small room. There wasn't much to see. In the corner was a bathroom big enough to fit one person. I sat close to Nayla o

to stop cr

d her ha

here, he woul

rds but I never had to console anyo

. Every part of my body ac

old, without food or water, we rode on a horse for miles

n break your body but do not

they do now. I was still stroking Nayla's hair when we heard the loc

in. They looked old. Not too old but somewhere around the m

be scare

while the other

s Taera an

the one that jus

e're here to hel

yla slowly let go of me and raised her

ld. I have a daughter

new she was speaking mo

s get you c

med friendly and all they had with them were clothes and cleaning items

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nd to me. Her voice wa

nd that's my

in Ki

li

ried out our King's orders. He was

s, and swinging his feet in mid-air. I was not about to let them go

s your

o send men into my kingdom de

ar your h

r. The force holding them up i

th a scar o

eement. I tightened my fists and

end your King

fear in their eyes. The

se yo

tion. They crashed into the wall and dropped to the ground. I watched them

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my room as the corpses