Chapter 15
Escape & EvasionHe was a brave knight!” The voice rang out
of the darkness.
Clerebald whirled to face the declaration
and then realized she had no weapon in her hand.
The voice in the darkness spoke again, “Ease
yourself, knight, I have not come for battle.”
“Who is there? Show yourself!” Clerebald
yelled through tear-stained lips.
The darkness spoke again, “We need to give
him a hero’s burial.”
Clerebald did not expect to hear that. She
didn’t know what to say. She just stared into the dim light, still
crouched in a defensive pose, her fists balled up in anger and
heartache. The pain she felt at losing her commander was seizing
control of her mind. Although they had succeeded in their mission
by recovering Thundersoul, she had lost her one true friend, her
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