Dullahan- the Headless Knight by M G Darwish

Author:M G Darwish [Darwish, M G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B072DZCNDR
Goodreads: 44442706
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Published: 2017-04-27T23:00:00+00:00

Three

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE . . .” Felix mumbled as he rested on Sasha’s bed, he couldn’t breathe right, so much that he could hear his heart pumping blood within his chest.

“Sasha doesn’t have to fight, Felix, there must be anoth—”

“She picked up the gauntlet!” Felix interrupted Roger. As much as he hated it, and even though he was King, for the first time in his life he felt more powerless than he could ever remember. “If she betrays the Knight’s code then all of our credibility would go down the drain.”

“You’ve never seen me fight,” Sasha mumbled as her mouth rested on the side. She took slow but steady breaths.

Felix turned his face toward her. “Do you even understand who that Knight is?” and swallowed around the lump in his throat. He got up from the bed and opened the curtains to her bed side. They offered a view of the courtyard. There, standing amidst complete darkness, laid the rider who came to challenge the King, but would settle for his daughter instead.

“Look at him!” Felix said, as pointing at the Knight. “He does not eat, nor does he sleep. He only waits!”

“I can take him,” Sasha insisted. “You should trust and believe in your daughter, if only a little.”

Felix waved at her as he rushed towards the exit. His face heated and he felt it best to remove himself before he said something he regretted; he had just recently been reunited with his daughter after all.

“My father knows that Knight, doesn’t he?”

Roger pondered for a moment, but then nodded. “Yes, he does, better than anyone.” He sighed. “Your father never told you what really happened during the old war did he?”

Sasha shook her head. “He never told me anything about it.”

“It was during that fateful day . . . Felix used to be a good prince, one that was loved by all and who cherished justice above all, but it was that day that he would betray everything he stood for. Have you never wondered why he hates anyone who so much as whispers of the Headless Knight?”

Sasha’s eyes grew wider as she blinked repeatedly. She couldn’t hide her excitement, as there were lots of tales of what really went on during the old war, a tale of a great battle and how the previous ruling family appeared to have just vanished into thin air.

“Your late grandfather was a tactical genius, Sasha, we all felt incredibly lucky to have been under his service . . . your father included,” Roger continued.

“People speak of a great duel between Felix and the -then- Crown Prince, Dylan Harren, one that occurred amidst fire and smoke, the two clashed until your father emerged victorious. Or that is how the history books would have you believe.”

“You mean, that’s not what happened?” Sasha mumbled. Her heart skipped a beat.

“Dylan along with his wife were captured and held captive. I remember it like it were yesterday: the screams of the Crown Prince, as his arms were tied by a heavy chain.

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