Sem- Adventures Across Time by T S Wieland

Author:T S Wieland [Wieland, T S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-10T06:00:00+00:00

“Excuse me!” hollered Sem, approaching the caravan, waving his hand in the dawning light.

The thunderous stomping of horse hooves halted as the leader of the caravan raised his hand. He turned his attention towards Sem and Ally, and he whistled loudly for the five men closest to him on horseback to follow his lead. The small squad broke away from the large caravan, their bronze armor shimmering in the slivering morning sunlight as they rode hard to meet Sem and Ally before they could come any closer.

Sem turned to Ally. “Remember, not a word.”

Ally nodded and made a gesture of zipping her lips closed.

“Hold there!” The leader of the pack shouted as he rode towered over them on his gray horse. The five men circled Ally and Sem, their spears drawn and ready to strike. Ally could hear the man's words being translated into her right ear almost perfectly, while his spoken words sounded alien in her left.

“State your business,” ordered the leader, looking down upon them. Dark, sleepless bags ringed his eyes as his light brown hair blew in the desert wind.

“We are only travelers searching for our companion, sir,” said Sem with his hands in the air. Ally did the same with a smug face, still excited and baffled that all this was playing out before her like a Greek play.

“Companion? By what means does one lose a companion in this barren wasteland? Explain yourself.”

“We come from far away in search of our lost companion who wanders without sanity of mind. We were given the task to see to their safe return,” replied Sem.

Ally glanced over at him with her brow raised. Sem had told the man the truth, which she hadn’t expected. The question was now whether or not he would believe him.

“What is your occupation? A scholar? A prophet? Or perhaps a liar?”

“Only a man tasked with helping those in misfortune. Not by choice, but for honor.”

“Misfortune? Perhaps you are the one who brings this misfortune to our lands. Perhaps ridding the world of you two would be doing a service.”

Another rider approached them. The rider shouted at them. “Perdiccas! Silence your tongue before I part it from your mouth. I will not warn you again.”

The rider was perched on a lavishly decorated and armored horse swept towards them. His long hair was a dark, dirty blond and his eyes a light bluish-green.

“I will not tolerate hostility towards travelers in my lands,” he said.

“My lord, may I politely request you stay with the men?” said Perdiccas as he bowed his head.

“No. You lost your title as my ambassador after you battered that poor woman along the road who was asking for coin. Your words bring disgrace to my generosity,” said the man.

“What plague does Perdiccas bring upon us now?” said another tan-skinned man with short, dark hair as he rode up.

“A plague of death upon you, Ptolemy, for insulting my authority,” spat Perdiccas.

“Enough! I will not have my two arms fight amongst each other,” shouted the rider on the decorated steed, who seemed to be their leader.

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