A Warrior's Redemption (The Warrior Kind) by Stanton III Guy

Author:Stanton III, Guy [Stanton III, Guy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: epic fantasy
Publisher: Words of Action
Published: 2013-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Two miserable days later found us soaked, hungry and tired, not to mention downright itchy. I was pretty sure we were lost as well. We had been traveling southward through the forest towards Santarus.

The forest had opened up some, but it was still rough going to get through the overgrown understory of the forest. Father John had the point and continually insisted that we were not lost. I had my doubts though.

He’d been but a little boy, when he had lived here before and there were simply no landmarks to be seen other than the trees in front of us. Still he seemed confident of our progress and I was willing to trust his judgment for a little while longer before interceding. He hadn’t said much in the past two days and I could tell that it still bothered him that we had destroyed everything like we had back there. It had been for the best though and I hoped that he came to see that as I now did.

He stopped and waited till I drew abreast of him, “Over that way the forest breaks up into some grassy parks, which will increase our speed not having to fight through this understory.”

“Lead on John. I’m game for a chance to see the sky again.”

“Me too!” Echoed the others in the group sounding like a chorus in their exuberance to be free of the forest at least temporarily.

Father John hesitated for a moment and then continued, “There is a village that way that we won’t be able to avoid. It’s run by women.”

Seth leaned forward in the saddle, “Go on priest what about the women!”

Father John looked somewhat annoyed at Seth’s’ obvious interest but continued, “It’s a matriarchal society. Men are seen as less than women and do the work normally left to the women to do, but they are not hostile to outside men in general. They just think they are better. It’s perfectly safe to visit the village. We just have to be careful not to get them angry, as they can be rather forceful when angered.”

Seth was looking at me with pleading eyes, which I ignored. I was tired of fighting this jungle and it would be nice to have a roof over my head for a change.

“If you say it’s safe enough, that is if we behave ourselves!” I said with emphasis, as I looked at Seth sternly! “And that it’ll cut time off the journey we’ll go that way.” Father John nodded and turned his horse in the direction he had indicated.

Soon true to his word the forest broke up into a series of grassy parks that appeared as if they were islands in the sea of trees around them.

Several hours later we could see smoke in the distance up ahead of us. That must be the village run by the women that John had spoken of. This no doubt was going to be a unique experience.

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