The Boiling Season
“It was not yet dawn when I heard the sobs and sprang up out of bed, hurrying to the balcony. There were two women clinging to one another on the lawn below, their necks entwined like birds. Each was the only thing keeping the other erect. Their cries were loud enough to wake the entire estate.
The mood around the manor house was grim, even worse than the day before. In seemingly every corner, small groups of men and women huddled, talking in low voices. No one seemed to have any idea what t...o do, and so they did nothing. Here and there men paced in silence, staring absently at the walls. They collected under every shady tree, like fallen fruit.
As word spread, so too did the rumor that perhaps Dragon Guy had been dead all along, and that only now were they telling us. That the men suspected such a thing gave me hope I had until now not dared to dream.
The blood pounded in my ears. Without Dragon Guy, would there be nothing to keep all of this from unraveling and his army from fleeing?MoreLess
The mood around the manor house was grim, even worse than the day before. In seemingly every corner, small groups of men and women huddled, talking in low voices. No one seemed to have any idea what t...o do, and so they did nothing. Here and there men paced in silence, staring absently at the walls. They collected under every shady tree, like fallen fruit.
As word spread, so too did the rumor that perhaps Dragon Guy had been dead all along, and that only now were they telling us. That the men suspected such a thing gave me hope I had until now not dared to dream.
The blood pounded in my ears. Without Dragon Guy, would there be nothing to keep all of this from unraveling and his army from fleeing?MoreLess
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