Once Upon a Twist
““One minute,” he called as he got to his feet. Tucking his shirt into his breeches and smoothing his hair, he threw Ella a wink, thinking how beautiful she looked with her hair all disheveled and a glow on her face. “I’ll get rid of them,” he mouthed. The smile remained on his face until he opened the door and found Jonas, his personal guard and most senior Knight, at the door. This could not be good news. He stepped over the threshold and shut the door firmly behind him. “What’s the matter?”“I... have received news that the watchtowers have failed.”James could hardly believe what he was hearing. How could they have failed? The watchtowers had never failed. Adjacent to each tower was a pyre to be lit when danger was spotted. As soon as the flames were seen by the watchman at the closest tower, another pyre would be lit and so on, until the sky was ablaze and the alarm reached the palace.“How do you know this?” he demanded.“They were spotted in Lillespeth,” Jonas replied, referring to a town in a land adjoining their kingdom.“When was this?”“Their messenger has ridden since sunrise.”James cursed.MoreLess
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