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Chapter 61
Near the torch lighted from the entrance of the gates, a man was reading a text from an old parchment. In front of him, men, women and children form a circle. In the middle of them, a big fire was burnt. Michael wasstanding near the fire separate from the crowd.
"The Mountain people are born for the wild. Wild life is a free life." The man whose name was Juan, the prophet, read the testament of loyalty, reminding the people the pledge they had made before their gods. "Anyone who tries to destroy a free life is deemed to die."
Then the drums rolled. Dancers of women half naked from the above and wearing a skirt of laces made of fleas skin dried in the sun started the ritual. The beat was fast. The dancers lost in the rhythm of it.
After a apracticed beat, the drum stopped. Then the cows were brought in the aisle. According to the tradition, each one of the family who was present would offer a life in front of the gods and the people.
Michael we
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Boldon was no longer the same as Josh left. She hadn't believe him left that way in silence. But, she could not trust herself seeing him in that old state. He had more than enough man could have in a lifetim Sheena stood quiet beside the window. The place was still the same place of lush meadows, thick forests and cultivated earth. Summer was coming and the corn field was glowing in golden crisps in the mild afternoo It would never be same as ever. Never. While she sat at the seats of Lords and Ladies of Boldon, she could not imagine how big the state was until she became one of the rulers. Josh had enough view of it and the view sagged his entire bones to death. His father, bless his memory, was a man of honor who put his words first for the good of his people before his famil The sun was setting and she could see the smooth glow of it resting from its whole damn big day. She wished she could lay do
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ist. Stand. Raise. Watch." In the darknes of the tunnel, the man who was shouting the command was audible,and Elena recognized it quite clearly who the voice belonged. When she emerged from the darkness following Raymond's lead, she could say how expert Lloyd really knew how to mobilize a command that from where he was standing, Elena could see him not a good target to shooThe noise of war had covered the entire state but that's not the thing that rang most in Elena's brain"Remember that," her mother's last word for her made her head spin like a trump. If it would not of Raymond, she would be tempted to remain with her mother. Her mother needed her. But, Sheena needed her to leave because Boldon needed her, her people needed herFear was not an emotion that she felt. Many times when she sneaked, the hunt always excited her. The smell of the wild and the bold always thrilled her. But now, fear had made her weak because
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"I am overwhelmed by the courage of Michael. 50 is to 1000," Marcus sai"He is such a baby," Joram of Silver Island commented. Though he knew that it was not war already, he preferred to ramain silent and just followed the old man"Outnumbered." Marcus smiled from above his seat knowing that victory favored himHis seat in the high place was made of white marble and it was a seat designed like a shell as if the one seating there was the precious pearl everyone dreamed to take possession ofThe seat was at the top of a 35 feet hill of white and granite stone with stairs encircling the place. It looked like an a cone with many layers of ice cream been scooped in it with the strawberry designed at the peak. The strawberry was the Captain's seaOn his throne, Marcus could see the whole place of Riverside. His palace, at what he thought was, stood in the middle of the ri
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"We have a chance to take Boldon"How was their preparation"The wall is as silent as ever. But the gates are close except for the east wall, the guards are very busyThe young man was still holding the scratch that was made the night of their oppression to the Riverside. It didn't really hurt. He was just felt being so foolish why he pretended to take the covenant his fathers and all the hunters took for nothing. The hunters are children of the Mother Mountains and they are brothers and sisters alike and no covenant can bind them because they are already binded by nature.They are free men"But its all part of the plan. Just the start of it." Michael said the night when he was tasked to lead the 50 hunters to give the appetizers of the war. The old man knew too well how hesitant he was in it. "Covenant like that has no power in our bloods. You can betray them then," he assured Rody
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The night was deep. At ordinary days, at these hours, the farmers were at their rests already having a good sleep. Others might be at ang happy parlours to enjoy the night. But the night was different. It brought neither happiness nor peace to her earsRumbles of heavy gears and armaments roared at the other side of the wall. Her men were shivering not by cold but by fear. Farmers were ordinary folks who preferred simple lifeBut this night was differenFrom a distance, she could see Lloyd standing and commanding orders of defense. Sooner or later, the gate would be broken and the whole Boldon would stand against themA young came to her. Trembling, he said to her, "156 farmers had deserted. We could not make it." With haste, he stood back at his grounds where Lloyd had station him together with the men who had the garrote for arms at the gates opening. When the gates would collapse, they were the fi
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"This is an entrance"Yes. Josh told me just to follow the pearl. There's no other pearl here"Maybe what if there's a misunderstanding," Elena said"Maybe none. Josh gave me something before we left." Raymond took the leather book which was almost torn by age. "Nothing's wrongProceeding, Elena took the lead"The air is dense here. It feels . . . What do you feel?" Elena asked"Well. Nothing's more okay when I'm with you," he responded which Elena reacted with a smile, "What do you feel"It's uncanny. It feels we are . . .," Elena did not finished her words no longer. When they entered the tiny cave opening, she knew they were in a different world. Her expressions to what she saw were enough for Raymond to understand i"Stones," Raymond uttered"No. It's gems," Elena opposed him
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"No. Please, don't kill me," the wild bear plead When she was 12, she went with Albert hunting in the woods. She couldn't forget how easy she made the wild pig down. Through the knife straight to its forehead. Be just still. Don't make so much sounds to alert what you hunted. Now, she was standing near the viscous bear with her size multiplied three times She could not kill it by just throwing a knife hitting the forehead. She didn't have a good shot. So, she climbed a tree and waited the bear turned back and she will jump and struck down her blade to its throat where the tubes where the life of breath flowed. It would kill it instantl When they went inside the jungle, it's a good thing that Albert had told her what were the possibilities that they would encounter. First, she didn't believe it exactly. Second, she was horrified upon knowing it was true and a lot of worse that could kill them exactly.
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