The Two Torcs
“Champion was curled up on the bed, already fast asleep.
Chastity had made it back safe that morning and told her that Robin would be coming for her. Together they had worked all day with tools that Chastity had been able to smuggle in to remove a couple of the bars from Marian’s window. But the climb down was sheer, and would prove nigh impossible.
The nobles would begin arriving the next day for the week-long festivities John had commanded. She shuddered as her mind conjured up nightmare image...s of the things John might be planning. Plague, hangings, torture—the prince had proved himself a maestro of evil. Whatever horrors he had arranged, he would save the worst of them for the culmination of the festival.
For the solstice. One week. That was all she had. One week to save her country, her people. Every second that passed was an agony, an opportunity lost, as they moved steadily toward destruction.
The key rattled in the door and she jumped, then turned to see Chastity enter, looking pale and tired.MoreLess
Chastity had made it back safe that morning and told her that Robin would be coming for her. Together they had worked all day with tools that Chastity had been able to smuggle in to remove a couple of the bars from Marian’s window. But the climb down was sheer, and would prove nigh impossible.
The nobles would begin arriving the next day for the week-long festivities John had commanded. She shuddered as her mind conjured up nightmare image...s of the things John might be planning. Plague, hangings, torture—the prince had proved himself a maestro of evil. Whatever horrors he had arranged, he would save the worst of them for the culmination of the festival.
For the solstice. One week. That was all she had. One week to save her country, her people. Every second that passed was an agony, an opportunity lost, as they moved steadily toward destruction.
The key rattled in the door and she jumped, then turned to see Chastity enter, looking pale and tired.MoreLess
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