Away from the palace, Kaden and Dante led their n through the town.
"They know we are coming. I saw scouts up ahead," Kaden inford Dante. "It’s too late to turn back now."
"Spread the n to attack from the east and west while we push from the north. We need to circle in on the castle. A bird is in the air," Dante said, hearing the noise up ahead.
Kaden looked up, puzzled as to how Dante could hear a bird. "How are you able to hear them? I have not heard any," he said, failing to hear the sound of a bird.
Dante had successfully heard many ssenger birds flying by and shot them down, stopping the ssages from leaving the palace.
It confused Kaden since with all the n and horses they travelled with, it should be impossible for anyone to hear what was in the sky.
"Aim," Dante’s order ca.
An archer from Dante’s side aid for the sky.
"There, to the right!"
Kaden watched as the arrow whistled through the air and brought down another bird. He stared in disbelief, curious if Dante was so sort of animal.
"You must tell what kind of training you endured to be able to hear when there is a bird high in the sky? I have noticed that your n don’t appear to be phased by your abilities. Can you share them?" Kaden asked, but he was t by silence.
Dante got off his horse and joined two n to collect the injured bird.
"Again with the silent treatnt," Kaden said as he slid off his horse. "What was the ssage? Is he still asking for Nigel?"
Dante removed the small note from the bird’s leg and read it. "No. The queen’s family attacked the palace. This was going to the town guards positioned outside the town."
"Could the queen’s family take down Sebastian and Edward?"
"No," Dante shook his head. "The palace army will outnumber the n the queen has on her side. She would have had a better chance of killing Sebastian if she had t with him and had him ambushed. I have a feeling Edward is dead," Dante assud.
Kaden clenched his fist. "I want to be the one to kill that bastard."
"The queen and crown prince wouldn’t be fighting unless Edward were dead. They are both fighting for the throne. The queen must know that she doesn’t stand a chance, so why attack?" Dante wondered.
"Her father has always been stubborn. All this ans is that the palace is in a ss right now. I’ll go ahead with your plans to attack from each side. Let us hope Norman stands true to his word to be ready for the attack," Kaden said, moving to get back on his horse.
Dante followed suit and mounted his horse. "We go right to the palace. Kill the town guards if you must, but not the townspeople."
"Yes, yes. I have heard you before," Kaden said, forced to follow Dante’s orders. "I hope that bastard is still alive so I can kill him myself. I’ll pass on the order to the captains to break off to the west and east. You lead."
Kaden guided his horse away from the front of the n to carry out the order.
Dante led the n further towards the palace. They were close, which ant a defensive attack would soon block their path and try to stop them from reaching the palace.
Dante placed his helt on his head. He was ready for a fight, but his mind still wandered back to Ophelia.
Had Nigel led an army to their ho, or was their assumption wrong?
From the ssages Dante stopped from the birds he shot down, there was no ntion of attacking the Hastings.
Dante pushed his army forward, taking a faster yet dangerous route to the palace because he was desperate to return ho to his loved ones.
This wasn’t a fight he could enter and not care about whether he lived or died. He had soone he needed to return to.
By nightfall, Dante could see the lights from the town and up ahead was the palace.
"It is odd. Scouts should have alerted them that we are on our way. There’s not much of a welcoming party," Kaden comnted, finding it suspicious they weren’t t by the king’s army. "The town guards are coming. Is that bastard so cocky to think only the town guards could stop us? His border guards were easy."
Kaden chuckled, ready for his sword to claim more lives. They had pushed through the first round of guards back at the border, but it didn’t satisfy his thirst for blood.
"The scouts didn’t alert the palace," Dante said, grabbing his sword as he prepared to get the guards out of his way. "Stay close to . We need to get to the palace now."
Though Sebastian might not have been properly warned when they were first spotted, Dante knew that it wouldn’t be long before town guards ran to alert the palace. That, along with the screams of the townspeople, was sending a very noisy warning to the palace.
"You should keep up with ," Kaden said, before riding ahead of Dante to be the first one to strike the town guards.
In the palace, news of Kaden and Dante’s presence had finally reached Sebastian’s ears.
Sebastian grabbed the knight who delivered the news by his throat. "How is it that they got past my border without one of you fools letting know of it? How did they reach my town without catching wind of it?"
"Y-Your Majesty. We suspect all the n at the border were killed, and so were all the birds we used to deliver-"
Sebastian shoved the blabbering fool.
Rather than being afraid of Dante and Kaden working together to attack him, Sebastian welcod it. He welcod a grand fight to showcase his new power as the king.
Dante and Kaden would be used as examples of what happened to the n who would be so foolish as to be against him becoming the king.
"It’s about ti soone dared to face . Gather my armour and the finest sword in the kingdom. Rally the n to ride out to the town. We have n to slaughter," Sebastian said, grinning from ear to ear.
Sebastian planned to kill the two n as soon as he was nad king, so they did him a favour by coming directly to him.
Sebastian rushed out of his chamber to find a window to look out at the town. His gaze fell upon the fires starting in the town.
He would have the sa fires burn Dante and Kaden’s corpses.
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