Knight Fall (The Champion Chronicles Book 1) by Brad Clark

Author:Brad Clark [Clark, Brad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brad Clark
Published: 2014-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

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Melanie took her seat next to Princess Elissa. Their tent was atop the hill that overlooked the training grounds just outside of the city walls. In times of war, the training ground was used to teach swordsmanship and pike handling to the peasants called to battle. In times of peace, it was used by the knights in their horsemanship drills, and just as the first warm days of summer arrived, for the Summer Festival.

“A fine day,” Melanie said. A smile was plastered on her face and she was doing all that she could to cheer up her friend. At first the princess was not going to attend, but her father had insisted. And when she still refused, he demanded. Although the princess was attending, she was not liking it and she was doing everything that she could to not enjoy it.

“It’s too hot,” Princess Elissa replied. With no wind to cool them off, it was hot even in the shade of their tent. Her tone was harsh. More so than she expected, or wanted, but she was in too much of a mood to apologize to her good friend. She stayed in her own world, her eyes watching the knights help set up the arena for the squires, but her mind wandered. She tried not to think about Conner, but she couldn’t really help it. It was really the only reason that she was here, to watch her champion humiliate himself. And the more she thought about it, the angrier she was. Not so much at Conner, but at herself. He was a handsome boy with a pleasant personality. They seemed very much alike in many ways, even though she was a princess and he was…not. When they were still friends, they had spent many hours just talking. Sometimes serious, sometimes not. But mostly she just enjoyed being with him. He had saved her life in the woods, but that was all he ever really did. She could see that he would never be more than the hunter that he was. He could never be a knight and to think about him actually donning plate armor and really being her champion made her laugh out loud.

But then she caught herself. Her eyes found him, standing with the other squires, far in the distance. He wasn’t like the rest. He was a little taller and ganglier. He would never be the thick muscular knight. He would just be a skinny peasant boy. But she caught herself not breathing when she saw him. A flutter went through her stomach and a tear touched the corner of her eye. He stood there, out of place. Wide-eyed like a lost rabbit among a pack of wolves. The anger faded and in its place came pity. He did try. He tried to be her champion, but it was just not to be.

She had seen many of these tournaments before and even though they were supposed to be friendly matches, they were usually anything but. Every

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