Betrayal
“Captain Herek was at his side. ‘Don’t look at Goth—he will do all in his power to dissemble,’ the soldier whispered through gritted teeth. Goth had no friends in the King’s Guard.
When the doors to the throne room were opened, Tor, who had walked through this vast hall many times during his life at the Palace, felt suddenly fearful. He had managed to find the courage required to face his sovereign and explain himself. He had strode tall, even showing some bravado with the soldiers, knowing ...he would speak eloquently and argue his case well. Now, though, as he recognised many familiar faces in the crowded hall, all looking so bleak, he began to feel the first stirrings of fear for his own life. Surely this was not what Lys intended for him? Clinging to that thought, assuring himself that she had a far grander plan for him, Tor cast his eyes over the faces he recognised; most of whom wouldn’t meet his glance. But he searched only for Alyssa.
She was sitting straight-backed and composed near a window where the sun lit one side of her very still, very blank, very beautiful face.MoreLess
When the doors to the throne room were opened, Tor, who had walked through this vast hall many times during his life at the Palace, felt suddenly fearful. He had managed to find the courage required to face his sovereign and explain himself. He had strode tall, even showing some bravado with the soldiers, knowing ...he would speak eloquently and argue his case well. Now, though, as he recognised many familiar faces in the crowded hall, all looking so bleak, he began to feel the first stirrings of fear for his own life. Surely this was not what Lys intended for him? Clinging to that thought, assuring himself that she had a far grander plan for him, Tor cast his eyes over the faces he recognised; most of whom wouldn’t meet his glance. But he searched only for Alyssa.
She was sitting straight-backed and composed near a window where the sun lit one side of her very still, very blank, very beautiful face.MoreLess
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