Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Chapter Nineteen, 'Tower of the Warlock'

"So this be the shadow-servin whelp's cottage by the lake then?"
"If by cottage you mean formidable tower with armored guards then yes; it's his."

Alicea was moving more carefully this time. The sun was out now, but she still didn't trust the warlock to just sit and wait for them. If the events of her last incursion were any indication, He'd be cooking up something sinister.

Their were two guards, Ga-Vok warriors. They were more heavily armored than any warriors she'd seen before though; more like the ones who had been attacking Scorch. Each had a tower shield made of two joined pentagons. On the bottom pentagon was a black tower, and on the top was the Alpha's emblem; a scarlet wolf's head.

Scorch seemed to recognize the motif as well.
"Lass, those be soldiers of the confederacy. The Alpha's own men, handpicked from across the clans; there be no finer troops in the galaxy, cept maybe the guards."
"Good thing we aren't troops now isn't it?"
"Your crazy lass; but I ain't passed up a good fight in all me life yet. I don't be planin to start now."
"Be ready for staunch resistance, you and Nond will have to be careful."
"And where be you all this time?"
"I have a nymph to find."

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