He made his way through the palace gates slowly, as if fearing that the wind would blow him away like a husk. The eyes of all the nation were burning at his back; eager…
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“The war is won, your highness. Your son has made short work of it,” the king’s personal guard exhilarated. Relief surged into the king. My boy, he thought. He was starting to feel much…
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“They have declined our offer for diplomatic compensations, prince.” The minister hung his head. Prince Drykar nodded. First they decline the gifts of apology and then the offer for compensations. “In that case, we…
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She watched until the prince and his horse rode into the horizon and vanished. His horse’s hoofbeats had faded into a dusky silence. All that was left now was the stars blinking in the…
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Night came at last, after an entire day of deceiving the tired king. Just when he had thought that he was done for the day and sat for a little conversation with the young…