Chapter FiveCurious…
When the door to his cell opened, Saras had not been sure if he was waking
or dreaming. He wasn't even sure what had woken him up, except a persistent
feeling that it was time.
And boy, had he been rewarded for his efforts.
Not one beauty, but two of them. Women of nobility, even. A queen, with
radiant red hair, outdone only by the fine clothes she wore. She was pretty
in her own right, but it wasn't she who had enchanted him.
No, it was the other one. Rhea. She'd said she was the General of Black
Isles’ armies. Whether he believed that, he wasn't sure. Maybe things had
changed a lot since he had gone underground.
Back in the day, females were not enlisted in the army.
Why any man would stand by and watch the fairer s*x get slain in battle, he
did not kno
