The Loyal Heart
“The fist in his gut had proven to him that it was pointless to resist. For now. He would go quietly, but if they expected him to stay quiet they had another thing coming.
The guards shoved him around a corner and into a low-ceilinged alcove carved into the bedrock of the castle’s foundation. Flickering torches provided the only light and two sentries stood looking bored and menacing.
As one of his guards stepped ahead to the last cell, unlocking it and swinging open the heavy door, an energetic... voice with a common accent echoed, “Oy! It can’t be sundown already! We just ate lunch, mate!”
“Shut up!” the guard growled and shoved the ginger-haired man who had spoken, knocking him on his backside before tossing Ethan into the cell with him. He slammed the door shut, turned the lock with an ominous click, and laughed, “Enjoy your new accommodations, Sir Ethan.”
Ethan lunged at the door and slammed his first against the splintering wood in time to see the guards disappear around the corner.MoreLess
The guards shoved him around a corner and into a low-ceilinged alcove carved into the bedrock of the castle’s foundation. Flickering torches provided the only light and two sentries stood looking bored and menacing.
As one of his guards stepped ahead to the last cell, unlocking it and swinging open the heavy door, an energetic... voice with a common accent echoed, “Oy! It can’t be sundown already! We just ate lunch, mate!”
“Shut up!” the guard growled and shoved the ginger-haired man who had spoken, knocking him on his backside before tossing Ethan into the cell with him. He slammed the door shut, turned the lock with an ominous click, and laughed, “Enjoy your new accommodations, Sir Ethan.”
Ethan lunged at the door and slammed his first against the splintering wood in time to see the guards disappear around the corner.MoreLess
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