The Vow
“I dug my fingers into the comforting thick fur of my dog, Pup, who sat by my side, the only calm in the storm that had begun to rage around me.
Servants and laborers were rushing about with a decided attitude of panic. Mother was busy overseeing the loading of my hastily packed trunks into a wagon. Father was barking orders to his captain of the guard regarding the supplies that needed to be gathered to combat the Plague. And Baron Caldwell and his retinue of servants were finishing packing the...ir carts and readying their horses for their journey home.
Mother had admonished me to stay inside. But I’d gradually crept out onto the balcony that formed the entrance of the Keep, unable to resist the activity. From my high perch, I could almost see over the tall castle walls into the town that lay below, the town now languishing with not only a deadly disease but a very contagious one.
The thatched roofs and the wattle and daub homes formed a large portion of the town, the part relegated to the poor — those with little skill or no trade.MoreLess
Servants and laborers were rushing about with a decided attitude of panic. Mother was busy overseeing the loading of my hastily packed trunks into a wagon. Father was barking orders to his captain of the guard regarding the supplies that needed to be gathered to combat the Plague. And Baron Caldwell and his retinue of servants were finishing packing the...ir carts and readying their horses for their journey home.
Mother had admonished me to stay inside. But I’d gradually crept out onto the balcony that formed the entrance of the Keep, unable to resist the activity. From my high perch, I could almost see over the tall castle walls into the town that lay below, the town now languishing with not only a deadly disease but a very contagious one.
The thatched roofs and the wattle and daub homes formed a large portion of the town, the part relegated to the poor — those with little skill or no trade.MoreLess
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