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Alexandal Chapter 1

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Montague confronted one of the guards. “What happened?” His voice stammered. “My lord…I…I don’t know what happened.” The guard stood at attention and kept glancing over at his companion. “We both heard something last night Sir. We went to see what it was, but we don’t remember what happened after that. This morning, we woke up, but we never went to sleep.” “What do you mean you never went to sleep?” Montague asked. “I mean, we don’t remember going to sleep. Please, my Lord, we beg for your forgiveness.” They were looking downward, still embarrassed by Alexandal’s scorning. Montague found Alexandal sitting on a rock under the large redwood, cleaning a bottle of wine. “I know who did this,” Montague said, kneeling next to …show more content…

“My lord! There! That is the woman we saw!” one of the guards shouted and pointed at the dark shape dancing between the elm trunks. “I remember her. I remember seeing her there through the mist!” Indrid and Anna looked horrified. Montague was sure they had seen the same woman in the bivouac. “What a fine day to celebrate,” the gangly woman said, smiling up at the clouded sky. She held her arms out, catching drops of the cold drizzle. The guards wasted no time and restrained her even before Lord Alexandal gave the command. Alexandal marched heavy-footed following his men. He squeezed the woman’s throat. His voice shook and his exposed teeth flaunted hatred. “What have you done to her? Why?” he thundered, shaking her like a rag. But the woman was not intimidated. She smiled almost as if she enjoyed being handled in this manner. It became clear to Montague that the woman was prepared to die or to be taken prisoner. The hag looked deeply into Lord Alexandal’s eyes and said with a two toned demonic voice, “What has been set in motion cannot be stopped. Soon we will take back the land you have so selfishly claimed and kept from us. It is the beginning of the Fall of Ikarus, and I am proud to have been the one to initiate the process.” After she recited her warning, the macabre undertone in her voice disappeared as she laughed with a high pitched squeal, shaking her head. “What process?” Alexandal demanded, clinching his hands tighter

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