Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

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Must Read: A Broken Destiny: The Sword Of Vengeance

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I hid myself somewhere close to the edge of the woods. I was able to see what was going on from where I was, I saw Kieran speaking with a woman but I couldn’t see the person. I tried shifting from one end to another but it seems he was blocking from seeing the woman intentionally. They spoke for a while before she walked back in. From her back view, I could tell that she wasn’t an old woman. Her walk was steady and her feet firm on the ground. Her hips moved rhythmically and I must admit that she has got some on her. This wasn’t the grace of an old woman; she must be a witch for her to be able to change her body shape at will. But her gift is quite different from the normal witches; I wonder what sort of a witch she is. Kieran later followed her in but not after looking back at the woods, probably hoping I was out of sight. He shouldn’t be worried about me; I can take care of myself when it comes to fighting with a witch.
Soon, it was dark and when I was sure that they were asleep, I brought out the travel book and started writing to my master:

“I have been tailing them as you asked. They are now in Aydridrill, I am not certain of where they are headed but I know it’s not the midlands. They are only passing through. I was able to find out that the man’s name is Kieran and the woman who isn’t old has a special kind of gift. One I haven’t sensed before.” I dropped the feather and left the book opened just in case he replies me. , Master didn’t look like replying anytime soon so I decided to leave my hiding place and move a little close to the cabin. I moved close to the house and found most of it to be dark. I had to tread carefully though as the surroundings of the cabin had no trees for cover should any of them decide to come out. I saw a dim light coming from one of the little windows, I walked slowly to the window where the light was coming from and there I was able to see that it was the woman reading a book. She had her back facing the window which was quite silly to me. I mean what if someone had intentions of attacking her, how would she see the attack coming. I was upset because I still couldn’t see her face, why is that so impossible. I couldn’t see Kieran but I knew he was somewhere in the room. I waited where I was for sometime in the hope that I might get to see the woman’s face or get to know where they were headed.

I waited in vain as I didn’t get any of what I wanted. When it was close to dawn, I returned to my hiding place to find a message from master.

“That’s what I wanted from you. Keep on watching and when you are certain of where they are headed, let me know.” I closed the book and returned it to my bag. As soon as the sun was out, I saw them both walk out from the cabin and mounted the horse. Once again, I couldn’t see her face as she was putting on a cloak. I was getting frustrated with my inability to get more information. They didn’t return to the route in which they used in getting to the house, instead, they followed a path that goes through the back of the house.

“Fvck you both” I swore within me because my horse was a bit far from where I was and by the time I get back, they must have put some distance between me and them. I was dirty and sweaty as I haven’t had a proper bath for some time now. When they were out of sight, I ran as fast as I could to where I tied my horse but I was surprised to find an empty tree. This couldn’t be as this was the tree I tied the horse to, I checked for tracks for where the horse could have gone but I couldn’t find any. It was like the horse untied itself and disappeared. This must be the work of thieves but then who would come to this abandoned part of town to steal, something is not right here. I was getting really frustrated with how careless I have become. How do I hope to get my black leather back, how do I explain to master that I lost my identity, this is getting unbecoming of me.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I sensed the gift of someone close by, whoever took my horse was still very much around. I followed the beacon of the gift, careful not to make a sound and I soon found a gathering of people. They were about ten in number, they sat around a fire that was roasting some kind of meat, and at the tail end of their little circle was my horse. My heart leaped for joy, at least my things are still intact, I just have to find a way to get to it before they do. I waited for a while to see if there were any more of them but when no one showed up apart from those seated on the ground, I decided to go for my horse. I moved swiftly but carefully as I didn’t want to cause them to look away from their meal. They were talking about some of their adventures which unsurprisingly centred on the many wh0res they have fvcked.

Their accent was strange to me and was unable to tell where they hailed from. I was now some steps away from my horse; I stopped walking and checked around for any traps. There weren’t, so I moved to where my horse was and started untying it, I was done and had almost started moving it away from where it was when suddenly one of them stood up for whatever reason. Our eyes met and he immediately screamed that someone was stealing the horse. How could I possibly steal my horse, the rest of them quickly got up and started looking for their weapons. I mounted my horse and rode into the woods before they got themselves. Soon, I heard the sound of horses behind me; I hit my horse to go faster. I made sure I avoided the main path as I didn’t want to be hit by one of their weapons. Being in the woods will prevent them from shooting accurately and will just make them follow me.

Soon, I got to the cabin and I quickly followed the path Kieran rode a while ago. I knew I shouldn’t be riding through that path as I would lead them straight to him but I had no choice. I didn’t have the strength to best ten men alone and going back to town was a bad choice as I would have been caught before I got any help. The path was very narrow and this time, Kieran didn’t cover their tracks which made it quite easy for me to follow them. The path soon led to another bigger one and this became trouble for me as the men started shooting arrows desperately at me. I did my best to evade them but I couldn’t do that to all of them.

Eventually, I got hit on my right shoulder, the pain was excruciating, still I kept riding but when another hit my left shoulder, I couldn’t hold it anymore, I screamed with all I had, hoping I would be heard by Kieran. Their shootings showed that they didn’t want me dead but I knew that if they didn’t get to me sooner, they might change their minds.
They started shooting my horse when they saw that I wasn’t going to stop. The horse held on for a while but the shootings got to it, which made it collapse to the ground. I got off the dead animal, and started running but I didn’t get far as I was quickly surrounded by the strange looking men. As I looked around me, I cursed myself for getting carried by a man. My carelessness caused all this and I only have myself to blame.