I
am flanked by thirteen men. I do not need to look behind me, to know
this. It is a fact, much like the knowledge that the sky is blue, or
grass is green; which it is, here - the field around us stretches on,
flowers waving in a breeze. Silence stretches just as far as the
field of wildflowers, however - for these men do not speak, and our
steps make nary a sound upon the earth. They are soldiers - or so
they seem, per their mode of dress - uniforms tattered, splattered
with old blood. They are efficient killers, these men.
I
hold a mace - no, I strangle this
mace, my grip is so tight. Knuckles whiten with the force of my grip,
as I stare at the small village across the way. Traitors. The
thought makes me burn with rage, with zeal...