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The Forgotten - Chapter 9
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2021-10-21 10:11:34It was dusk when they reached a solid wall of bramble and Ivy, and the pair had settled into an icy silence.
“Lost?” Astrid snapped, finally speaking to the tall knight again.
“Hardly.” He looked up. “Open the gates.” Sigwulf bellowed. He paused. “Sir Sigwulf brings a package for Lord Draynon. Open the gates.”
“Package?” Astrid said indignantly.
Sigwulf squinted up at the carefully concealed watch tower. “Farr.Related chapters
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Sigwulf stopped and knocked on a stout, black oak, wooden door.“Enter.” A muffled called voice from inside.Sigwulf opened the door and stood aside to let Astrid enter first. He followed and shut the door behind him. Astrid stared at the room. A small fire blazed in the stone wall on her left, and books lined the right. In the centre of the room, was a large wooden desk piled high with papers, scrolls and books. Behind the desk sat a man with iron grey hair and a weather beaten face. His grey eyes were harsh and his expression grim.
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Draynon nodded and opened the book. He leafed through the book until he found the chapter that he was looking for. “Here we go. Now this was roughly 120 years ago, or four generations. It’s not so much a history book, but written similar to a novel to make the facts easier for the reader to remember, rather than just bombarding them with endless seeming names and numbers.” He coughed once to clear his throat and began reading from the book. “After the destruction, many people wondered how it started. Who gave the order to kill us?
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Draynon cast his eyes down to stare his desk, his hands clasped in front of him and resting on an old, leather bound book with brass corners. Two grey eyes looked back at Princess Astrid.“What is your exact age?”Astrid frowned. “Ah, 19 years and 11 months exactly. My birthday is next month.”“That’s right. August 11.”Astrid nodded.“That gives us one year to find your other necklace, prove your legitimacy and stampede you onto the throne, then have your coronation before the first new moon after your 21st birthday. Not much time.”Astrid gave him a questioning look.“It will take half a yea
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Astrid was woken at dawn that morning by a light and persistent knocking on her door. She climbed out of bed and slipped on the dressing gown. Padding across the thick woollen rugs that covered the stone floor she carefully cracked open the door a few inches.“Good morning,” a chirpy voice said as Astrid peered out. The voice belonged to a slim girl with an excited expression and wide, vapid, blue eyes. Strawberry blonde hair hung lightly across the girl’s shoulders and her dress was a pale lavender. Her nose was slightly snubbed and she had a face that was flat in a conventional form of pretty that looks very nice while the girl is young, but does not last long.
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Janine dragged the suffering Astrid to their first class that was sewing where she introduced the overwhelmed girl to her uninspiring friends.“Astrid,” Janine giggled. “These are my friends. We have Edlyn, Beda, Maida and Deena. Ladies, this is our new best friend, Astrid.”The girls waved and all giggled. The eyes of the girls were blank of independent thought and Astrid felt the urge to scream.“Janine,” purred the voice of Serra who walked over, flanked by three other girls. “Allow me to introduce ourselves to your new friend as you have neglected to do so.”“You didn’t give us a chance,” Janine mur
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Mrs Bellmar was not amused about being forced to teach Astrid Politics or Statecraft. Astrid knew this to be a fact as Mrs Bellmar spent the entire lesson telling her about it.“It’s not my place to say anything about Lord Draynon’s choices, and I really shouldn’t say anything,” Mrs Bellmar said in a voice that could have easily commanded troops across a battlefield. Astrid feared that the buxom Mrs Bellmar would say something, and that particular something would be extended. “Why a young girl such as yourself needs to know politics and such is beyond me. Young girls should be concerned only with sewing, cooking and catching a suitable husband.&nbs
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Astrid found the Women’s Etiquette class to be as bad as she feared and her thoughts meandered as Mrs Bellmar repeated the ‘women are servants’ speech again. She is Princess Astrid Nara Katrall, the true heir to the Kaltharian throne. Does she really want to be a Queen? People have sacrificed their very lives and outlawed themselves permanently for her. Just for her. She remembered all the risks she had taken with her own life as a thief, never knowing that thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people depended on her.“Miss Astrid,” Mrs Bellmar called. “What are the two main duties of a woman?”
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“Brian,” Sigwulf called as the older man ran past.“In your office,” the man replied before he disappeared into the swarm of people scurrying everywhere.Sigwulf grumbled as he stalked into his office and collapsed onto the chair behind his desk.He picked up the letter on his desk and scanned through it.Sigwulf,Be informed that we are conducting an investigation of all reports relating to the following...1) Galadon Knights,2) The Katrall family,3) Reports of large numbers of people moving into forests across Kalthar,4) Sounds of large groups of voices in the forests,5) Anything else relating to the above.The functioning information you gather is to be placed into three annals.
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Astrid coughed in the smoke. She sank to her knees. The air was choking her and the flames were so hot. The floor swayed beneath her. She wanted to sleep. The floor dipped and swayed again. Glass exploded all around her as the stained windows burst. Her vision clouded and she sank to the floor, not caring as the flames reached for her. A loud cracking sound signalled that the church roof had begun to collapse. Her hearing failed, replaced by a low ringing.Sigwulf ran through the burning church
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Sigwulf jumped back and ran for his clothing. “Astrid,” his voice was crisp and authoritative. “Wake the women. The procedure is that all women go into the church. There is a backdoor in the cellar that leads into the forest. Do you hear me? Wake them quietly.” He pulled on his hose and tunic. “Do you have that?”Astrid nodded curtly as she too began to dress. “Wake the women quietly.
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Astrid woke late that night to a light tapping on her door. She lit her bedside candle and climbed out of bed, pulling on a robe.“Who is it?” She whispered through the door. “You’re expecting some other late night visitor,” the familiar voice whispered the query. “I’m crushed.”Astrid grinned and silently opened the door. She pulled Sigwulf in and shut the door behind him. Sigwulf unexpectedly grabbed her waist and burrowed his face into her neck. She gasped with surprise and wrapped her arms around him.“I feel li
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The door to Draynon’s office opened and the four people walked out. Astrid bumped into Sigwulf who was waiting outside.“Astrid?” He said softly, taking one of her hands in his. Astrid and Zela stopped.“Zela?” Astrid asked. “Can you make sure Redswift and Hengist get to the men’s wing without killing each other please.”Zela nodded. “Can I go back to your room after that?”“Of course,” she handed Zela her key. “If you get lost, any of the women will give you directions.Zela turned
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Astrid sniffed again. “Let’s begin this meeting shall we?” She added then pulled out her pendants from under her clothing so that they were aggressively on display as she sat down. Reil, the leader of the Elves glanced at his wife, the co-leader, who was coughing in an attempt at smothering a smile as her shoulders shook very slightly with tightly suppressed mirth. Realising he would be getting no help from his convulsing wife for the moment, he took the lead for the meeting. Reil leaned towards Astrid. “At last,” he said. “An heir who can prove legitimacy.
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Sigwulf sat there and stared at Astrid with satisfaction that he was finally sitting.“Did you mean what you said?” She asked softly.“Probably. What did I say?” He asked with aplomb.“When you were talking to Lakon he asked why so happy. Then you said if she goes the Galadon’s are lost. Why else. So is that the only reason?”Sigwulf’s expression became serious. “It is just one reason, but I think you can guess the main reason why I was happy. It’s just that we’ve not announced anything yet.&rd
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She slapped his hand away as he reached for her. To his horror she stood on the flagstone and calmly stepped onto another one. She waited for a moment, then stepped onto another, moving slowly along the tunnel in front of the arrow holes. She turned back to face him with a smile on her face. The pendant was glowing brightly.“It glows brighter and pulls me towards the flagstones that are safe. Follow me.”Sigwulf had no choice. He stepped onto the first flagstone. Nothing happened and no arrows riddled him with holes. They cautiously made their way across, Sigwulf stepping o
