King of Bryanae (Bryanae Series Book 3) by Getzin Jeffrey

Author:Getzin, Jeffrey [Getzin, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Quillon Press
Published: 2014-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

When the night was at its darkest, and the moon had hidden behind the clouds, one of the windows of the King’s bedchamber creaked open and the end of a braided rope spilled out and dropped most of the way to the ground.

The King’s head poked out from the window. He took a quick look around, glancing both up and down, and then withdrew back into the room. A few minutes later, he looked out again … and then climbed onto the sill. He wore dark clothes and a mantel with its hood down. He hooked the dangling rope with his foot and flipped it up to his free hand. He gave the rope one good yank to check its fastness within the room; the rope did not yield any slack.

He hopped from the window, dangling from the rope for a moment before rappelling down the castle wall, his soft shoes making almost no noise

The rope ended about eight feet from the ground. The King released his grip and fell the remaining distance. He rolled when he reached the ground and then stood into a barely-visible crouch. He froze, casting his eyes around him. Then he sprinted to a copse of darkwood trees and vanished into their shadows.

After about a minute, he dashed from the one copse to another, where he hid behind a large tree trunk. His dark clothes made him almost invisible.

“You left your sword cane’s sheath in the Square,” Willow said, emerging behind him.

The King yelped, and bounded up the tree and onto one of the larger branches. He peered down at her.

“His Majesty seems nervous of late,” she observed.

“Not at all. Your beauty is such that it must be admired from all angles, even above.”

She extended her hand, in which she held his sword cane’s sheath.

The corners of his mouth turned down in annoyance and he hopped to the ground. He withdrew his gleaming sword cane from that amazing infinite bag of his, accepted the sheath from Willow, and sheathed the cane.

“What are His Majesty’s intentions this fine, dark, and nearly moonless night?” she said.

A huge smile burst onto the King’s face.

“I thought we’d visit some of Bryanae’s more scenic attractions,” he said. “Long have I heard of this ‘Jeweler’s District’ as a center of culture and commerce in Bryanae, yet never until today had I considered paying it a visit!”

“Still?”

“Why discard an otherwise perfect plan?”

Willow stared at him for a few moments. She was beginning to have serious doubts about the man’s sanity.

She shrugged.

“Very well,” she said.

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