you s

ble, pulling up a chair besi

ng these question

ning back in his chair a

just A

replied

fe, but...' Brice shook his head. 'He's just so miserab

hand upon his arm and squeezing. 'But you cannot live

kno

nued, 'you have your ow

this, placing a ha

rse you're righ

leaning closer to him teasingl

squealed in delight, sitting upon his lap and hugging him. He finished his breakfast

it away. With their son gone out, t

her name as he hel

ng him tighter and hummi

she replied, 'm

ound where he sat and breaking them into pieces, throwing them one by one into the small pond before

oubted anything lived beneath its surf

ther piece of t

kly and keeping his head down, he headed to the one place he felt the saf

in the sky with her single wing outstretched. Arlen entered the main body of the temple through one of the archways, letting out a deep sigh of relief at the familiar sights around him. He hardly noticed the incense anymore, the incense tha

t happiest here in this place, more than anywhere else in the wor

admiring each in turn. These were the seven gods that ruled the lands. The gods did not specialize in any single thing,

oddess Ludas; a beautiful deity, clad

e it. Thinking of what Brice had said to him the last time h

ind the right woman. I don't want

next

Farrell deman

'I haven't seen him since the other da

yance. 'Dam him that fool. Doesn'

gged wordl

matter from his thoughts; instead he turned to addr

re you ready

ons in hand. Horses tossed their heads and pranced

ll called over their heads. 'Let us rid our shores of this pirate

ets and out of the town as Farrell led the charge. The thunder of hooves upon the earth, even from a smaller band of riders would strike fear into the hearts of their ene

a man. Standing upon one of the many balconies of his ostentatious h