To Be A Maestro (The Maestro Chronicles) by Buttrick John

Author:Buttrick, John [Buttrick, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter fifteen: Aakademneds

Daniel sat watching Leah drink her fifth jug of water while his mind focused on the list of chores yet to be done, of which there were many. Should he travel to the northwest and meet with Chas or to the southwest and meet with Marcus? He had much to discuss with both of them. At some point in the near future the Captain of the Benhannon Guard needs to meet the Commander of the Chosen’s Sentinels.

“I was near Bolen when forty Accomplisheds of the Serpent Guild appeared in a circle containing one hundred Condemneds. The Accomplisheds were facing outward, casting spells, and killed most everyone in sight. Accomplished Munsford, my guild associate, stayed hidden. We were greatly out numbered, yet I felt compelled to intervene, even knowing to do so could result in death or worse. Well, you know the result,” Leah shared her story without having been asked.

Daniel came and sat beside her on the bed. “The experience was the worst,” he agreed. “I am sorry you had to endure months in such a state.”

Her eyes focused straight ahead at the wall, yet he knew the image in her mind was the true focus. “The things I was compelled to do, watching in horror as my body was commanded to kill people, and the things I was forced to eat,” she added and then closed her eyes, took a breath, and continued. “I was originally brought to Balen Tamm, Condemned, and then taken to a holding facility for Aakademneds.”

“What are Aakademneds?” Daniel wondered.

“That is the term Balen Tamm has for Aakacarns after Condemning them. My time at the facility was brief. I ended up back at Serpent Central and stayed there until it began to collapse. Tamm had ordered me to live, so my body was compelled to make every effort to stay alive, and my legs kept moving until stopping where you found me.”

Something in her tale sparked a thought, Daniel had assumed the majority of Condemneds were being kept in Mount Gosian, and that most of them died when the tunnels came crashing down. “Where is the facility you spoke of?”

Leah began drinking from jug number six, gulped about a third of the contents, and then placed the jug on the table. “The Aakademneds are kept in chambers within Mount Tirana.”

Daniel wondered how many other things the Serpent Guild was up to within Ducaun. After awhile he decided to focus on what is known rather than waste time speculating on the wild things his imagination was coming up with. He began briefing Leah on his current mission, the people already in his service, and ended with, “So in addition to raising a muster, I am locating Condemneds with the goal of restoring them, and trying to cleanse Ducaun of the Serpent Guild.”

Leah nodded her understanding. “Your mission is my mission, the tasks will be difficult even working within this kingdom, and I suppose Ducaun must be your focus for now, yet the Serpent Guild’s machinations are not limited to Cleona’s realm.

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