The Gully Snipe (The Dual World Book 1) by JF Smith

Author:JF Smith [Smith, JF]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23 — The Plan Into Play

Gully sat in the darkest corner of the apartment, allowing Roald to put everything into motion. Partly, he was pleased to see his brother lead men the way he knew Roald was born to do. But another part of him was skittish about being in a closed room that was now crowded with so many swordsmen of the Kingdom Guard. It had been chaotic at first when they found their crown prince in the room with them, alive and well, but Roald brought them to order quickly and began to explain the true situation, and the role they would play in trying to save the kingdom.

As Roald explained the situation to them fully, their initial joy at finding the prince safe gave way to the reality of the tasks ahead of them and the enormity of the challenge. There was shock, and fury, and amazement, and concern for families and loved ones, but each one of the guards accepted their tasks bravely and gladly.

Gully watched them silently, thankful none of the guards were ones he had ever had direct confrontations with, ones who might recognize him for whom he was.

Roald had introduced Gallun and Gellen as representatives of the gypsy clan, which had set off a nervous reaction from the swordsmen, who had heard the stories like so many other Iisenors that had been told of these notorious vagabonds. Roald reassured them of the two fighter’s good intentions and told them that the gypsy clan was going to help repel the invading army. He chose to leave out exactly how they were going to join with the Iisenors to help for the time being, though, since he was personally going to seek the assistance of the Merchers.

When everything had been explained and everyone’s orders made clear, one of the soldiers asked whom the man hidden under the hood in the corner was.

Roald replied, “That is my foster brother, Bayle. He will help with the arrests in the Folly itself,” and gave no more information than that. Roald gave Gully a questioning glance as he answered this way, and Gully wordlessly nodded his approval of the brief answer.

Roald had the foresight to fetch parchment, quills, ink and sealing wax for the prince while he had been out gathering his squad. Prince Thaybrill wrote letters to both noblemen, Brythe veOusthendan in Wilch’s Post and Ionor veKinn in Kindern, explaining the situation, that he was safe but that Iisen was not. He named the Domo Regent and the Lord Marshal as traitors and he ordered every member of the Kingdom Guard under their governance to go to the Maqaran Pass and to report to Lieutenant Roald Delescer to fight against the invasion. He finished by signing the letters for the guards to take with them and sealing the orders with his signet ring.

Roald gave special orders to the two guards selected to go to arrest veBasstrolle, to not take the nobleman to the gaol in East End.

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