Leaves336Please respect copyright.PENANAHjudffuxti
fell from trees and branches danced lightly as a light figure raced through the336Please respect copyright.PENANALGrVuUxUVD
trees of the Wyrmwood, it was swift and sure, anyone looking up into the trees336Please respect copyright.PENANAFlZNXR04Q3
would have seen nothing but a blur, maybe even the hood that concealed its336Please respect copyright.PENANA4VV3OztauH
head. Not that anyone else was foolish enough to venture this deep within the336Please respect copyright.PENANA8j8a09vK6x
woods. This person however, had a reason and as it pranced from limb to limb336Please respect copyright.PENANA0B9LfIfhQ5
its hood came loose, revealing the soft facial features of a woman in her early336Please respect copyright.PENANAFpMVEJyyXd
twenties, her long white blond hair flowed along behind her giving away her336Please respect copyright.PENANAfFP0ASYuex
soft pointed ears. She smiled as she saw a small clearing ahead, knowing she336Please respect copyright.PENANAqDQ4ku58SE
had finally reached her goal. She landed with a soft mildly perceptible thud on336Please respect copyright.PENANAPehSVcvADc
a tree branch just at the edge of the glade she looked around the clearing but336Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6Rgr9Nyx4
saw nothing. The elf girl stared in disbelief at the glade for a moment before336Please respect copyright.PENANAm5VxJ98EdZ
silently cursing under her breath, she quietly reached into a small pouch at336Please respect copyright.PENANA8OWdkqchTQ
her waist and took out a small glass vial containing a swirling silver liquid,336Please respect copyright.PENANALLKW74dHW6
then with one fluid motion she removed the stopper and downed the liquid.336Please respect copyright.PENANALcWMQbqrem
Suddenly her natural blue eyes changed to a swirling rainbow of colors, and she336Please respect copyright.PENANAMd4wT2NWOj
finally saw what she wanted. The clearing was filled with a variety of woodland336Please respect copyright.PENANAvrJB1fvY2p
creatures munching on the grass that grew there, yet although the sight was336Please respect copyright.PENANAF9LaQRokUa
stunning in its own right, her attention was grabbed by a single white deer336Please respect copyright.PENANAMXZ4IgmoLP
that stood in the center of the glade, its eyes trained on her “I’ve got you336Please respect copyright.PENANAV6nPeK7oMC
now” she smiled as she removed an intricately carved bow made of bones from her336Please respect copyright.PENANAYpBqb7JY1l
pouch and pulled the drawstring, as she did so an ethereal arrow formed in her336Please respect copyright.PENANAyF5UI7KrX8
hand. The elf trained the arrow on the deer it336Please respect copyright.PENANA9oYwMqcIsM
definitely sees me, so why doesn’t it run? She thought to herself doesn’t matter I suppose, once I claim this336Please respect copyright.PENANATnXMj0qPJe
kill the others will have to start respecting me she took a deep breath and336Please respect copyright.PENANAr61slwyRzw
steadied her aim “Princess Andraste, you do know that those of the royal336Please respect copyright.PENANAz3z0XMbQSO
bloodline are allowed in the Wyrmwood right?” a harsh voice sounded beside her,336Please respect copyright.PENANAQwOv67QVKs
she screamed as the voice startled her causing the elf to jump and fire the336Please respect copyright.PENANARI5ZqO8wb1
arrow into a nearby tree. Andraste fell from her perch and landed with a splash336Please respect copyright.PENANALYRnWVeTmm
as she fell into a patch of mud “such a fitting place for you, your highness”336Please respect copyright.PENANAX3bPeUtmqv
the voice sounded behind her this time and Andraste jumped to her feet to face336Please respect copyright.PENANABjUJlB6vFG
it “you really should learn not to sneak up on people, master Brinn” she smiled336Please respect copyright.PENANAvOtVp9fIDw
at the hooded figure before her
“And336Please respect copyright.PENANAbtwawSyt2y
you should learn to keep your cool under stressful situations, my pupil” Brinn replied,336Please respect copyright.PENANAuUDHxvKZVV
a cheerful note to his voice this time “and the last time I checked, sneaking336Please respect copyright.PENANAsGzPeVSlMA
up on people was my job”
Andraste336Please respect copyright.PENANABQKC3XDLaW
smiled at the man, he could be cold and cruel at times but she knew he was a336Please respect copyright.PENANA9r6Cs6pvUk
good person deep down in the darkest crevasses of his soul. “Why are you here336Please respect copyright.PENANA2AFvHODsFS
then?”
“His336Please respect copyright.PENANAXETAljWIuY
majesty is holding a special meeting, he expects all the nobles and councilors336Please respect copyright.PENANA1fg0cNJ4IL
to attend” he replied, disgust painting his voice
“Why?”
“I do336Please respect copyright.PENANATcivWiau2E
not know, and that troubles me” he looked away from her and sighed “I do not336Please respect copyright.PENANAhxlwvrFFx5
like not knowing things”
“Well336Please respect copyright.PENANAdTLogwUBpR
then, we’d best get a move on shouldn’t we?” she stepped forward and removed336Please respect copyright.PENANAmpnGnFEtJc
her dirty hooded cloak revealing the tight fitting brown leather pants that336Please respect copyright.PENANAeUoP5rI65n
wrapped her legs as well as a matching corset which hugged her chest leaving her336Please respect copyright.PENANAgwzmOGVuUt
belly bare. She stretched her curved lithe body and motioned to her master336Please respect copyright.PENANAL6LqTXYDUN
“Race you to the edge of the woods?”
“All336Please respect copyright.PENANAsnzNuXbdpl
these years and you still fail to understand the difference between racing336Please respect copyright.PENANAGznX4cHhFF
someone and following them” he laughed as he vanished in a blur
“Hey,336Please respect copyright.PENANAPRldT0pkKa
no fair!” she shouted as she took off behind him.
Princess Andraste shifted336Please respect copyright.PENANAbl4q7BnYGC
nervously from foot to foot, she stood in a large throne room, the high walls336Please respect copyright.PENANAY9UWu463v6
were adorned by portraits of the past rulers of the kingdom. The room was336Please respect copyright.PENANAlTAngGhngO
currently filled with all the noblemen and women of the land who were all busy336Please respect copyright.PENANAv58h4GPtnf
chatting amongst themselves, seemingly forgetting they were in the presence of336Please respect copyright.PENANAx3rBF8P1Re
their princess. They were anxious to know what this was about, and so did she.336Please respect copyright.PENANAs1dF22nKd3
She glanced at the empty throne behind her and sighed, she spun on her heels336Please respect copyright.PENANAl8hri6xJPG
and exited the room through the door behind the large imposing throne. She336Please respect copyright.PENANAQzyABz1F7J
Stumbled as she almost collided into Brinn “Not like him to be late…” he said336Please respect copyright.PENANAhOdRsqxLP3
as Andraste stormed past him, she paid him no attention as she continued down336Please respect copyright.PENANA8GusnQBj2Q
the narrow corridor. She passed by tens of doors along the336Please respect copyright.PENANAeaPqB404sc
sides, until she came upon a door at the end of the tunnel, she gently eased it336Please respect copyright.PENANAobZla1bc29
open and entered into a small study from behind a large bookcase. Andraste336Please respect copyright.PENANAFz6RT3vwa0
looked around the room, there were books strewn across the floor then her eyes336Please respect copyright.PENANAY3kp21ctsH
rested on the only chair occupying the room, on it sat a large man wearing336Please respect copyright.PENANAzq5N0FtCW6
exquisite golden robes, he held a golden jeweled crown in one hand and a piece336Please respect copyright.PENANAkkcsLWXZSu
of paper in the other, he looked at her and despite the haggard expression the336Please respect copyright.PENANAbMyzD8HETM
man wore on his face he somehow still managed to look intimidating. “Hey there336Please respect copyright.PENANAZJi4ul1mqY
little sis” he smiled weakly
“What336Please respect copyright.PENANAfyn6eezgLd
is the meaning of all this?” Andraste gestured at the room her voice was336Please respect copyright.PENANAWEsPTf62KG
tainted with worry, in all her years she’d known her brother she had never seen336Please respect copyright.PENANArG7xu5ZMy6
him so weak, and vulnerable. The man waved the paper at her and she walked336Please respect copyright.PENANA4rp6m0Yq3E
slowly over to him and took it and read silently. “Oh no!” Andraste gasped as336Please respect copyright.PENANAEVnSgPWvDJ
she fell to her knees and clutched the letter. She closed her eyes as they336Please respect copyright.PENANAZGrVlJjlXw
started to stream tears.
“He336Please respect copyright.PENANAmyKW559NxN
killed her” she heard her brother say, his voice was strangely deadpanned “that336Please respect copyright.PENANAUyggrGsNyW
monster murdered her, he and I had a deal”
Andraste336Please respect copyright.PENANA4R2JWVJnKn
stared up at him as he spoke, her face written in confusion “what of the knight you sent to secure her safety, what happened to336Please respect copyright.PENANA37ApOxyxKE
Lucien?"
The king336Please respect copyright.PENANAd0zCmJAu8T
sighed heavily as he lowered his head into his palms "No word. The last336Please respect copyright.PENANAyqnl5UDKBu
letter he sent said he was on the outskirts of Avrym's domain......that was336Please respect copyright.PENANAsTkTMKqWLS
five days ago"
"We336Please respect copyright.PENANAXjMKp6hrUO
need to ready or armies." Andraste's voice cracked as she spoke "This336Please respect copyright.PENANAfSgN4DOveP
bastard has toyed with us enough."
“No, it336Please respect copyright.PENANA82eiYtpNYY
doesn’t matter anymore” he replied coldly as he stood and placed his crown in336Please respect copyright.PENANA3QW6aVDgAv
place, brushing away some of his hair revealing his small rounded ears. As336Please respect copyright.PENANASzhLPZh0yh
Andraste looked at him she thought she saw a look of fear, but she quickly336Please respect copyright.PENANAy1rJi36gfQ
banished the stupid thought
“What?” she336Please respect copyright.PENANAhE7LnMOXLn
choked "YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LET HIM GET AWAY WITH MURDERING YOUR336Please respect copyright.PENANA7vKfMEmCRT
DAUGHTER?" The king completely ignored her words as he walked towards336Please respect copyright.PENANAwCekBGNDD4
the exit. She couldn't see it, but his face was riddled with worry. Andraste336Please respect copyright.PENANAgYS4ipUDNC
took one last look at the letter in her grasp before crumbling it and following336Please respect copyright.PENANAMia2I1D6jW
after her brother, swearing to herself that they were going to have a proper336Please respect copyright.PENANAK2NOFGEOjk
talk whether he wanted to or not.
The king sat upon his throne and336Please respect copyright.PENANAcvTn3VI63G
glared at the nobles gathered in the room, he felt a hand grip his shoulder and336Please respect copyright.PENANABUZWSisywE
he looked up to see his sister smiling at him, her tears were gone and she had336Please respect copyright.PENANASiPGCjbLrC
an air of confidence about her. Though the two weren’t siblings by blood, they336Please respect copyright.PENANADH6qSQfCVB
had always had each other’s backs, for nearly thirty years they have been336Please respect copyright.PENANAUo7CVUV82C
inseparable, and now he felt that was about to change. He smiled back at her as336Please respect copyright.PENANALIsVeBsuJc
she made to walk away to join the nobles, but he grabbed her hand “stay” he336Please respect copyright.PENANAtKcwCoxobs
whispered. Andraste nodded without looking at him and brushed off his hand,336Please respect copyright.PENANAU91mRKgVKj
that was when he realized he was right, she would not be with him this time, if336Please respect copyright.PENANACIGZkhewjb
his nobles didn’t kill him now………his sister would. The king gulped as he336Please respect copyright.PENANA0AYGGlGiS6
cleared his throat to address his people, he severely doubted he could best the336Please respect copyright.PENANAfFhwempSy4
nimble Elf in a fight. “First of all, I thank you all for answering my call” he336Please respect copyright.PENANAPRhrdb9HF4
began, watching as they stiffened and stared dumbly at him. He had taken336Please respect copyright.PENANAEF0hV5pxhR
advantage of all these people, and he knew he would pay the price today.
“I know it336Please respect copyright.PENANAtZ4MbQeBPg
was a bit short notice, but the matter was too urgent -"
"What336Please respect copyright.PENANAYKY9rjj19j
the hell is the meaning of this, Roland?" A voiced cried out from the336Please respect copyright.PENANATcBNjEVaOx
semicircle of nobles, cutting him off "I had important matters to attend336Please respect copyright.PENANAwfRT2xsCQt
to and not only do you call me here at such a time, you also have THE FUCKING336Please respect copyright.PENANAsPQMBPaDpe
NERVE -"
There was a336Please respect copyright.PENANAx12VngUEGp
flash of silver as something raced through the air cutting off the voice. It336Please respect copyright.PENANAgehpwmt89w
was then followed by shrill scream. The nobles looked at the old man who was336Please respect copyright.PENANAq6odXgy0iy
now clutching his face. He opened his mouth to speak but was instantly cut off336Please respect copyright.PENANAaHE3tFXxv7
by Andraste.
"The336Please respect copyright.PENANARlCJR8E9UM
next person to interrupt this meeting will leave this room missing a336Please respect copyright.PENANAIp86iQtkJX
tongue." The gulped as he heard her words. He rose his hand and spoke once336Please respect copyright.PENANALu8GdsWWbr
more "As I was saying, I'm terribly sorry for calling you all here at such336Please respect copyright.PENANAO2LqbBfrgk
an hour, but I'm afraid I had no choice. As I'm sure you're aware, there have336Please respect copyright.PENANAVbEJTPS1Wc
been rumours circulating the kingdom for the last six months, stories about how336Please respect copyright.PENANAKOOKAjBYi5
you nobles have been sending the kingdom assassins to villages on the edges of Lanatheas336Please respect copyright.PENANAPMc4FJzn93
to kidnap young girls from their homes."
"Permission336Please respect copyright.PENANA71RbeBuTRI
to speak, sire?" A young man spoke up from the group
"Granted"
"Those336Please respect copyright.PENANARkw9XKLKDU
rumours have been nothing other than, well......rumours." he paused before336Please respect copyright.PENANAoZtDScHJzk
continuing "you had us all investigated by your Spymaster, Lord Brinn that336Please respect copyright.PENANAinOUsdLmSS
is, and as I'm aware....those investigations yielded no results336Please respect copyright.PENANAhEZYyK5sQq
whatsoever"
"I'm336Please respect copyright.PENANAfYaUuhIc9W
afraid that's simply because Brinn was ordered to not carry out an actual336Please respect copyright.PENANASzvs51trwu
investigation....."
"Pardon?"336Please respect copyright.PENANARX0lRzccnr
His confusion was echoed by everyone else in the room, including Andraste.336Please respect copyright.PENANAGIs6l1tFvY
"What do you mean by that brother?" She asked as she looked down on336Please respect copyright.PENANAnSVK7m3dbQ
him. The king looked at her and shook his head, her eyes were cold and he felt336Please respect copyright.PENANALmEfsuHH7I
like she was going to cut open his throat after his next words "I'm336Please respect copyright.PENANAX4lCwsuOcJ
ashamed to admit the rumours are indeed true" he paused and then continued336Please respect copyright.PENANAokNHZhW89o
before anybody had the chance to react "In fact.....those assassins were336Please respect copyright.PENANAwmGdb0ASls
sent out by me, and were led by none other than Brinn" before he had even336Please respect copyright.PENANASAVtnfK3qO
finished talking, the nobles were shouting and demanding answers. They wanted336Please respect copyright.PENANAZdviIniTIK
to know what he had done, as well as why. In the uproar they had all forgotten336Please respect copyright.PENANAiYKbrSc5EB
Andraste's threat, all but one man who was trying to leave his seat before she336Please respect copyright.PENANANXXR16F4sX
noticed him. The nobles, realising that he had no intention of answering them336Please respect copyright.PENANAao9utZTBkC
then started to rush towards him on the throne, but before the got close336Please respect copyright.PENANAQZLCBwLesQ
Brinn's cloaked form fell Infront of them from the ceiling. He stretched out336Please respect copyright.PENANAnJrBdXrRLs
his hands, showing the throwing knives between his fingers "Who dies336Please respect copyright.PENANA19gHyrBkAg
first?" He asked sneering. The nobles gasped as they backed away slowly,336Please respect copyright.PENANApr8qfIIlwN
Brinn glanced behind him and saw Roland running through the back doors. Brinn336Please respect copyright.PENANACjncthEhgB
knew the king wasn't afraid of the weaklings before him, so he figured he must336Please respect copyright.PENANAehMUtLSm0w
have been running from his sister. Brinn might have been the one to teach her336Please respect copyright.PENANAMd4PVWQgyv
everything she knew, but even he wouldn't be able to inflict injury on her336Please respect copyright.PENANA6Hqaa2PuNf
before his head rolled. Without looking at her he sheathed his knives and went336Please respect copyright.PENANAH82YhpHNPT
after the king.
336Please respect copyright.PENANAy3qMyNzNUv
336Please respect copyright.PENANAixghExmEep
336Please respect copyright.PENANASpnMouvfpe
336Please respect copyright.PENANAHGQ4FkhdJH
336Please respect copyright.PENANAiwQ7jG6L2O
336Please respect copyright.PENANAScpJXYTvrV
336Please respect copyright.PENANAp1FlqpdwaZ
336Please respect copyright.PENANAdz6EkeGVb3
336Please respect copyright.PENANAdNRVnSePf0
336Please respect copyright.PENANA9j6ivkExBz
336Please respect copyright.PENANAuI0n9FJnp7
336Please respect copyright.PENANAACPb6OcH7x
336Please respect copyright.PENANAcY4AtYlfUn
336Please respect copyright.PENANABijbuhL5wA
336Please respect copyright.PENANACf12MXp1mP
336Please respect copyright.PENANAwPsNocTcMx
336Please respect copyright.PENANAWz9R12FICM
336Please respect copyright.PENANAwNRJ6N80dl
336Please respect copyright.PENANA58peQDiS1C
336Please respect copyright.PENANA2R8V07oTs2
336Please respect copyright.PENANAsXiQBtCbKs
336Please respect copyright.PENANAgO0A7pGaGs
336Please respect copyright.PENANAh6dFDPSTPq
336Please respect copyright.PENANA0feJSjRuaA
336Please respect copyright.PENANAkknFNGRRkr
336Please respect copyright.PENANAxLsJXdQTfR
336Please respect copyright.PENANA7YuDkNiAL0
336Please respect copyright.PENANAMxNLCuxpNx
336Please respect copyright.PENANAUQ3uuRc9F0
336Please respect copyright.PENANAw2cBWm5Ykk
336Please respect copyright.PENANAYvdOblkQGw
336Please respect copyright.PENANAAKL6yl0kl4
336Please respect copyright.PENANAdoPvdGSish
336Please respect copyright.PENANABf3OgvmXLL
336Please respect copyright.PENANAEAbpgXRWDe
336Please respect copyright.PENANAtCWSKUGBTJ
336Please respect copyright.PENANAxQSBUDhZfY
336Please respect copyright.PENANACeHrWHwzWH
336Please respect copyright.PENANAXmQJ35kLOa
336Please respect copyright.PENANASziB6tjJm6
336Please respect copyright.PENANAvPqhQR7y5P
336Please respect copyright.PENANAnzvt5AWcwp
336Please respect copyright.PENANAENqlWN3guZ
336Please respect copyright.PENANApym0356ykC
336Please respect copyright.PENANA10E1jvOtPD
336Please respect copyright.PENANAhqboYXFkyj
336Please respect copyright.PENANAUzw5HTPi5P
336Please respect copyright.PENANA1isEMP8IkC
336Please respect copyright.PENANAoIeqadvENb
336Please respect copyright.PENANA0GPwPyuV6c
336Please respect copyright.PENANAmcR1fIAUGe
336Please respect copyright.PENANAPziynVDGFb
336Please respect copyright.PENANAVjamVthcc2
336Please respect copyright.PENANATspg87lml6
336Please respect copyright.PENANAowGjEC2KER
336Please respect copyright.PENANAjmys1cRi1V
336Please respect copyright.PENANAK5aQp7jNJ6
336Please respect copyright.PENANAcA7CUQ9B7E
336Please respect copyright.PENANAcy2FT8sAUy
336Please respect copyright.PENANAhqThxU9NS5
All of this336Please respect copyright.PENANAURi8RjkAlJ
had happened before the princess had even finished processing the information336Please respect copyright.PENANAWbJKEvSac5
she was just given. She didn't notice any of the events that had just336Please respect copyright.PENANAfLZ6FWyb9K
transpired.