Child of the Sword, Book 1 of The Gods Within by J.L. Doty

Author:J.L. Doty [Doty, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gods within, Fantasy, YA, child of the sword, doty, swords, Epic Fantasy, sorcery
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15: The Question of Honor

The skeleton king ambled up the road toward Castle Elhiyne like a frail, old man, using the magnificent, rune inlaid sword as a cane. About him scampered a small child, dressed in an array of filthy and torn rags. False dawn had arrived, the sun still hidden behind the mountains to the east, barely throwing enough light across the landscape to dispel the night. The ditch by the side of the road was filled with a thick mist that easily hid anything within it.

The skeleton king stopped at a certain spot and looked down at the mist-filled ditch. To no one in particular he said, “He’s here.”

He turned to the rag-draped child. “Rat. Go find his sword.”

The small child turned unerringly to one side, as if there was no question in his mind where to find the battered old blade. He disappeared into the mist, then reappeared a moment later, dragging the blade behind him across the road, for it was clearly too heavy for him to lift.

As he approached, the skeleton king reached down, lifted the sword by its hilt, then eased himself gingerly down into the mist of the ditch. He knelt and reached down into the mist, said, “Yes, he’s here,” then laid the sword down carefully.

He stood, turned to the small child. “Here, Rat, help an old man out of this ditch.”

With the child helping, he climbed awkwardly out of the ditch, then paused over SarahGirl’s carcass, still lying in the middle of the road and beginning to bloat. The skeleton king shook his head. “He needs a new mount.”

He turned to the child. “Come, Rat. We’ll have to get him a new mount.”

He turned to the castle, ambled toward its damaged gates with the painful gait of an old man. With the child scampering in his wake he said over his shoulder, “Yes, a new mount. A special mount. One equal to the ordeal that awaits him.”

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