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Samuel waited until all the rebels were accounted for and subdued, stripped of their weapons and forced to lie face first on the ground. Then he approached the group comprised of Kern and the other...

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Despite spending hours in the ruins the day before, Samuel wasn’t used to the assault on his senses that came with the grisly work; each putrid scent caused his stomach to turn, and the most piti...

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“He’s not a rebel?”

When Samuel returned to the camp the following morning, the first thing he did was find Sir Frost to check in on their captive. It wasn’t that the prince doubted t...

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Samuel didn’t expect the people of Quest to trust him. That was why his growing legend was so surprising. He also couldn’t find fault with them for disdaining the Hall, as it was natural for th...

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Samuel wasn’t thrilled to be working within the ruins of the city, but he was anxious to be doing something. He wasn’t opposed to lying about so long as he was lazing in comfort, ...

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Alyssa wasn’t happy being woken.

She was less happy about being woken by the whims of a stubborn prince. Samuel never saw her, but he wouldn’t be surprised if half the camp heard her shou...

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Samuel was familiar with the use of patsies. It was standard practice for anyone in power to operate through them, poor men and women who jumped at the chance to wield a portion of a noble’s infl...

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“They’re talking about you, you know.”

Once more, Samuel was seated in the dining room of the Gold Dorm with Cecilia. It’d been days since he’d last invited her out. He hadn’t bee...

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Given the miracle he performed, Orum’s exit was anticlimatic, the elf walking away from the men with slow, lumbering steps after a short farewell. He passed the returning soldier sent to play mes...

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True to his word, Orum returned quickly. Not so quickly that Samuel wasn’t annoyed at being made to wait but far faster than he expected, given that the elf had needed to find a water source as w...

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He reached into his pants, pulling out a handful of seeds. Then he waved for the men to approach, who did so with varying degrees of reluctance, Ewan making sure the prince stayed a step behind him...

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When Yulianna asked to bring someone to dinner, Samuel expected an acolyte she had befriended during her time as a volunteer. Perhaps a refugee that had pleaded with her to use her influence so tha...

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Samuel liked to think that he could be intimidating when he chose. It was an important skill, as he implied threats were his best weapon. It was also the only use he had for his father’s physique...

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The “reserved field” was located beside the camp’s supplies. Given the distance from Alyssa’s tent, he imagined that the area was originally the edge of the camp, as far away from the unple...

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The camp looked different at night. It felt different.

In the frank light of day, the refugees were pitiful things. They seemed paralyzed by their circumstances, living statues that ...

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“Are you done avoiding me?”

Samuel’s luck avoiding Cecilia didn’t extend into Saintsday. A few hours into his shift, he took a break in the waiting area he found before, taking advant...

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The silence continued for a week.

Samuel told himself that he needed time to think of the heavy conversation he shared with Cecilia, which wasn’t quite a lie. Even with days of turning her ...

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Samuel tried to convince himself that the source of his tension was riding through the ruined city, but it was a hard illusion to maintain. Despite earlier events, it was a peaceful night. The pres...

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Samuel wasn’t surprised to find the camp in one piece after exiting the tent. The ominous clouds of smoke had dissipated and there was nothing of note in the distance. A crowd of acolytes surroun...

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Although Samuel never got the chance to speak with Cecilia during the day, she accepted his invitation for a late dinner. The conversation was lively, as they both had new experiences to convey. Wi...

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Samuel’s hopes of finding a job he wouldn’t find entirely offensive were quickly dashed. The man he randomly accosted, Abott, was in charge of the hospital. He had the final word in its operati...

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As his guide assured him, one tent stood out from the rest, only in size rather than luxury. Its position was also prominent, the center of the better organized area of the camp.

It wasn’t ...

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Samuel had no experience with tragedy.

The woes of the world couldn’t penetrate the walls of the palace. Seated at the table where he took his lessons as a boy, misfortune was an academic t...

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Samuel wasn’t the only one ready to get on with his life.

When he arrived, he was struck by the little traffic through the Market but the Caster Hall was as busy as ever. The new term was f...

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Samuel slept fitfully that night, his dreams plagued by vague memories of his childhood interspersed with scenes of his younger sister pulling apart rag dolls’ confusing and concerning. Dinner wi...

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A half-bell was a short time to wash away weeks of travel.

Samuel regretted his haste as he briskly wiped dirt from his hands and face before changing into fresh clothes. His hair took the lo...

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Despite leaving the danger of the broken city behind, Samuel was a ball of tension as his procession rode through the hall. The shutters covering the window of the carriage were wide open so his ey...

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Samuel was no fool.

He also wasn’t as nonchalant about the proposed danger of an angry Lourianne Tome targeting him as he wanted to appear.

He knew the strength of a royal knight well...

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Four days later, Samuel stood a few paces from the convoy of wagons, sweating profusely. He had rejected Ewan’s offer of training but found himself practicing on his own. There was little else to...

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There were two ways to become a knight, the most common method of joining a knight order or receiving the title for the crown. Any higher noble, those above the middling rank of viscount, could est...