A Prince's Duty by Jude Marquez

Author:Jude Marquez [Marquez, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mm slow burn, gay romance king, gay slow burn, medieval gay, mm romance, Historical gay romance, gay historical romance novels, gay romance, gay slow burn romance, historical enemies to lovers romance
Publisher: Jude Marquez
Published: 2019-02-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

After the news was delivered that there were children on the march for the castle, in the middle of the night, Eamon sprang into action. Alik saw the commander for the first time, giving out orders to his men, sending them on different errands to prepare rooms for the children, and then following Willhelm and Nicolin to the last of the men and wolves that were marching in, guarding the children. Alik wasn’t given an errand and he was almost certain that Eamon forgot that he was there.

The only time that Eamon seemed to realize that Alik was accompanying them was at the stable where they were getting fresh horses and Eamon ordered that anyone coming with him must also bring another horse. Alik did as he was told, quickly saddled another horse before mounting Jericho.

Eamon finally registered that he was going and he looked like he was going to say something but he stopped himself and nodded.

And if Alik hadn’t seen it with his own two eyes, he would have thought it was exaggeration on the part of the narrator of the story.

But this was no story told in the dead of winter in front of a warm fire with a full belly. This was the beginning of war, what his older brother kept from him.

The soldiers were scattered around the group of children at strategic points, to see each other and keep the children safe.

Alik wished he had never seen the children before. He wished, with all his heart, that he went back to his room and told Issat all that transpired and they sat up all night whispering possibilities of leaving Grayhaven. He wished, with every fiber of his being, that he was anywhere but where he was.

There were close to three dozen children. Most were wearing ragged bits of clothes, offering little protection against the elements. They were lucky, perhaps, that it was still warm. The four of them stopped a short distance from the men and children and Eamon dismounted before his horse was even at a complete stop. He led his two horses by the reins closer to the first man who was carrying a small girl in his arms.

Alik did not want to get any closer, did not want to hear the words exchanged between the two, because the little girl was very still in the soldier’s arms. The man took the horse from Eamon and pulled himself up and was gone in the dark before Alik could see too closely and for that, Alik was grateful.

Then the children were upon them.

Some walked past Alik like he did not exist, like he was a ghost from a long forgotten place. Others looked up to him and others whispered words of thanks.

Alik wanted to tell them to say nothing, he had done nothing to help them, to prevent this.

Then a girl, a young woman really, stumbled and fell against him. He stumbled as well and let go of the reins of the two horses and righted her.

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