The Angel's Assassin
“Though it was early spring, the weather was intemperate, giving way to draughty squalls and cold temperatures. His breath misted in front of him and though he could not feel the chill through his hauberk, the cool air served to sharpen his senses.
The manor house must have been newly built as the whitewash was pristine and the soil surrounding the large building was still overturned. In spite of the luminosity of the white walls, a sense of foreboding struck him – a sensation rarely felt for Ni...cholas. It couldn’t have been that this meeting was being conducted at night; indeed it was rare he conducted business in the daylight. His was one conducted in shadowy corners, nameless inns and winding alleyways, but the feeling was there nonetheless.
A helmeted watchman escorted him up the outer stairs to the second floor and into the hall. The meagre light of the hall made Nicholas blink, given the dark night, and his eyes settled onto the owner of the fief. Lord Benedict was a tall, thin man with a bony face to match.MoreLess
The manor house must have been newly built as the whitewash was pristine and the soil surrounding the large building was still overturned. In spite of the luminosity of the white walls, a sense of foreboding struck him – a sensation rarely felt for Ni...cholas. It couldn’t have been that this meeting was being conducted at night; indeed it was rare he conducted business in the daylight. His was one conducted in shadowy corners, nameless inns and winding alleyways, but the feeling was there nonetheless.
A helmeted watchman escorted him up the outer stairs to the second floor and into the hall. The meagre light of the hall made Nicholas blink, given the dark night, and his eyes settled onto the owner of the fief. Lord Benedict was a tall, thin man with a bony face to match.MoreLess
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