The General and I

I

d far away from Sultra. We'd stopped here to rest and collect some needed supplies before embarking for the fina

ever heard one, young Miss. Your fath

y voice, tears rolling down my eyes. "He's dead, Amro, along with

en for yourself how ruthless he is, why on earth would you want to go back? I can no

lked up and down, and looked straight into Amro's eyes as he sat

permission I am going back there. I have a plan, I refuse to run away while the bea

le and sighed heavily before tu

expect you would gain entrance to the indoors of the manor without on

jaws squared. "Like I said, I have a

****

al

being hefted on Amro's shoulder, I heard a voice,

I listened to

d from whence are ye comi

ng for the general. I have a gift to prese

s in t

For the

it to me

private gift for the General and meant for him a

breath. Waiting for the guar

arned, if the General finds your gift displeas

" Amro bidded and continued wal

re can I find t

mach churned. The Genera

wing room t

nknown people. This place used to be my home, the only home I ev

another guard, I guess we are no

ot to squirm or make any movement to indicate that it was a person

be making him sweat. He was a good fighter, no doubt, but compared to these animalistic

the door open and his voice sounded out. "A villager is

us

e now then all these risks would be for nothing.

ep voice repli

t. The next 5 minutes would determine if Amro and I lived or not and if I had j

mell of cigars wafted the air. It seemed all the men in the room

or lose your head!"

to the floor and as slowly as I could perform,

, kicking the bag to the side. My eyes went over the ro

ray. Plush and comfortable chairs flung aside and a big long table broug

big map spread out at the center of it, with the giant man who was the o

, the men stopped what they were doing an

my eyes at the men in the room before shifting the focus of my g

o, Ge