TRUE HEIRS

gorge had water in it. They were lucky to have been sent there that particular week, and as he sq

in it. How?' She asked and

in those ones.' He told her and she laughed. He then str

in. I got you out of Carta Hill, an

I didn't mean immediately. We're in a forest, wh

o you not hav

south first. I'll get you you

ned to leave, tying the sword he had

f, I have no interest in goi

'I won't make it a d

' he said and pointed in the direction of Carta Hill where

ded?' She asked and he p

d and he shook his head, walking away with eve

ickly and you might just make it to the river,

king as well, tripping on a root and

eep my head down, and move quickly. That's easy,' she encoura

obligation not to allow any of the two who made it out of Carta Hill escape otherwise the reputation of that hell will be destroyed. The forest was thick but that

er scent, we need to start a pursuit,' one

ession and our lives depend on it,' Demascas said and the three hounds were released to cha

fishing boat approached. He thought he could board it to the nearest town at least and the boatman pulled down his sails when he saw him waving from the bank. These strokes of good luck were strange to him, and

here was she going to find a boat or was she going to have to keep heading south to get to the next town? All these questions only served to frustrate her as she had never gone far on her own. She could

was th

s heavy and she breathed with extreme difficulty. She couldn't make it far. All her agitation, frustration and

st was safe enough to save her. The barks and growls were louder now, as though the hounds were right behind her, she stopped, panting and looked to her left where a huge tree stump stood in a gully. She hid herself in it and tried desperately to silence her breaths until she was quiet, so much that she could hear her own heart thumping in her che

the snake sprung at her face. She fell out and crawled away from the stump and into the reach of a big fat hound with thick black fur and scary dark red eyes. A knight came there instantly and first decapitated the snake with his sword. She was done for, she tried to run again

en she closed them, and there he wa

t and in no time overpowered and slayed him. The hound sprang at him and he cut the animal in the

re hope you can stab a man,' he said and raised her off the grou

n. 'The river is not far. There's a boat waiting

ck. He was right, it wasn't far. As she went she could hear the

he two that remained of the six attacked at once, and from a safe distance Demascas looked on, observing each one of the man's moves. He fought like a wild beast with a sword, tackling attacks from two fronts like it was nothing. He slid through them and cut one

and over again. The fugitive smirked, then he looked down at his blood stained sword and back at

who did the same, but held his sword in such a strange manner. This action alone was enough to kickstart the kni

as said again and the man smirked again,

r at last, 'the black bearskin, the hounds..., you must be De

al of you white wings,' Demascas said and a

our infamy isn't for not

my reputation as a senior knight in the capital. You're him aren't you? The Dragon Of Yol!'

have an idea what is going to happen here and if I gamble right I

that was lost long ago. I could imagine you deliberately entered Carta to save the Armenian princess who was born with the mark of destiny. Now to keep your identity hidden you plan to kill us all, those of us who have see

at yet, it is bad for business. Now do you remember what happened the last time we met?' He asked Demascas who nodded angrily and with his free

s. I cannot fight for long anymore and I will lose if I engage you now, that is why I talked about a gamble...' he tur

s rookie jumped to his feet and began to run back towards Carta Hill. The Dragon of Yol tried to go after hi

will kill you, and I will catc

e was left to make a choice; to go after Demascas and save the princess, or go after the wounded knight and save his identity. He now understood Demascas' gamble and he dashed after him with no time to waste. He had to catch D

laiming a win; assassinating the princess. For that man... the dragon of Yol, was no ordinary man. He was the man who defeated a horde of sixty high knights single handedly, a member of the almost dissolved White Wing group, and a royal who was said to once have walked through fire

one of the royal knights who protected the priestess, and the last remaining knight from that group. He had lost their battle after just two moves from the dra

She flailed again (she seemed to be quite good at that) and managed to push him away and into the arms of his pursuer; the dragon of Yol, who grabbed him by the neck and pushed him into the water, keeping him submerged in it and attempting to drown him. Demascas raised his head above the surface as he struggled, took a very deep br

t town. The city of Dableen on the outskirts of Eradia. A commercial city which was perfect for them to stack up, get