The Sorcerer's Bride Chapter 74

It was not long before she broke, only about two hours . The smell of burning flesh permeated the air .

"Stop, stop, I'll talk . . . just no more fire . "

Kaldrek stepped back so that Jayesh could ask his questions . "So, why did you attack my queen?"

"Carendlus is a blight on the earth . You are everything we despise with your comfortable ways, your comfortable traditions, even your worship is too . . . . rose colored . Take out the queen, and severe your ability to continue your line, the whole nation falls . At least eventually"

"How did you get in?"

Advertisement"Your little comforting barrier had gone down so we took the chance . "

Jayesh sighed, "Who are you, where are you from?"

"I am a Grimshade assassin, from the wilderness of Nix'Ryl . "

Kaldrek felt startled . Not much was known of Nix'Ryl . It covered quite a bit of land, was filled with monsters, and was considered barbaric at best . He was not so naive to think that this woman had been sent by the whole place, as there was not enough civilization there for that .

"And where, can I find those who sent you?"

"We are a nomadic people, I could not tell you anything about where my people would be as now . "

Throughout the whole discussion she kept up her prideful arrogance . Kaldrek felt the urge to burn her again . This woman really annoyed him .

Jayesh turned and looked at him, gesturing him to follow . He did so, wondering what they were going to do with the prisoner .

"Apparently we have enemies we were not aware of . " Jayesh grit his teeth . "And they dared go after my queen . "

Kaldrek frowned, "I would put extra protections on her, but . . . "

"I know, what about the castle?"

"Of course . Will do that as quickly as possible . "

Jayesh sighed, a look of fatigue came to his face, "And I just wanted us to live peacefully and quietly . "

Kaldrek laughed, "Well, maybe someday . But honestly, you are a king, peaceful living is not generally associated with kings . "

"I know," Jayesh sighed, then he glanced back at the cell of the assassin, "I think it would be better to keep her alive for a little while, . "

Kaldrek nodded . They headed back up to the brighter levels of the castle, and parted ways . Kaldrek headed to go fortify some of the protective measurements on the castle . Jayesh had gone to go give some orders regarding what happened .

It was nowhere near as draining to simply fortify the castle as it was to refuel the boundary around the kingdom . Of course this was completely natural, the castle was a lot smaller of an area than the whole kingdom .

Kaldrek found himself enjoying setting up some traps that would only function against intruders . It was making it so that they would not hurt anyone who was actually supposed to be there that was hard . But he managed it after struggling with it for a while .

After he finished setting all the traps he could think of, he leaned against the stone wall and closed his eyes . He felt a little tired after doing so much . Not so much that he was rendered completely useless though .

The sudden urge to find Zylvia and pull her into his arms rose up in him . A smile curved his lips just thinking about it . Especially due to the acknowledgement that if he were to do so, she would happily allow it . In fact, he was pretty sure it would make her very happy if he did seek her out for a hug .

However, she was currently keeping Fayre company, and while Zylvia would welcome his presence, he did not want to wreck their girl time . After all, it was because of Fayre wanting to be near her friend that he had gotten to marry the woman he loved . For this reason he was willing to stand aside at times in order to repay that debt .

Besides after not being able to tell her for two years and a half how he felt, he could suffer through an afternoon . He could wait a few hours to hold her, it would give him something to look forward to .

Chapter end