The Legend of Asahiel: book 02 - the Obsidian Key
“Amid the gasps and shouts of his comrades, bile rose to his throat. He willed himself to look away, but his gaze refused to be drawn from their openmouthed stares, their lolling tongues, their rolled-back eyes.
When the furor had calmed, Thaddreus spoke. “And what point do you wish to make with this display, General?”
Rogun snarled, tossing the bloody sack—from which he had dumped the three heads—onto the table beside them. “That it is time, once and for all, to address this threat in t...he manner that I, as chief commander of Krynwall’s forces, see fit.”
Thaddreus, speaker of the Circle of City Elders, did not appear impressed. “Which would be what? To sweep this land like a team of plow horses, raking everything underfoot?”
“Are you blind, old man? Do those look like human heads to you?”
They did not, which was part of the reason for Allion’s dismay.MoreLess
When the furor had calmed, Thaddreus spoke. “And what point do you wish to make with this display, General?”
Rogun snarled, tossing the bloody sack—from which he had dumped the three heads—onto the table beside them. “That it is time, once and for all, to address this threat in t...he manner that I, as chief commander of Krynwall’s forces, see fit.”
Thaddreus, speaker of the Circle of City Elders, did not appear impressed. “Which would be what? To sweep this land like a team of plow horses, raking everything underfoot?”
“Are you blind, old man? Do those look like human heads to you?”
They did not, which was part of the reason for Allion’s dismay.MoreLess
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