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Your horses will be taken to the stables and we will find
quarters for your men. I would have your presence in the
Great Hall for dinner, Captain Streeves."
"I would be honoured."
Danny suddenly stiffened. Kev had Denias in his hand as
the Darkness welled up in him. The air crackled around
them. Danny stared at the man hanging back at the edge of
the Horde. "My Lord?" Edan twisted and followed the wide-
eyed gaze to the dark skinned man on a deep brown charger.
"Get away Edan."
"My Lord! They are here to help."
"Not him."
"Dark Lord - What is the meaning of this? I thought you
wanted the Horde's help." Streeves demanded
"I don't want any help from the man who killed my
village and sold me into slavery."
"My Lord, surely you are mistaken."
"His face is burned into my mind. I know this man.
Stand aside Edan."
"Your laws forbid this." Edan returned
"He killed my mother!" Danny stepped sideways as a
shot of black lightening crashed through the air at the steed's
feet carrying the hated man. The horse reared high in the air,
sending its rider crashing hard to the ground. Kev held
Denias high in the air as he grasped Danny around the
shoulders - pulling him back against him.
"The laws you laid down demand that he be held for trial.
You have enforced this law over and over again with your
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people...You cannot disregard it." He tightened his hold as
Danny fought to struggle. "The Dominion Law is what sets
us apart from the Free Lords. I know your heart is ripping
apart with anger but you DO NOT have the same privilege as
any other former slave. YOU are the Dark Lord. YOU are
our salvation. Don't destroy what you and Tal have worked to
build and protect."
Danny tensed once more then the Darkness began to
drain away, "Edan arrest that man."
Captain Streeves stepped up, "You sent a message to us,
begging for our help and this is how you greet us? By
attacking and arresting my men. This is an outrage."
Danny stared over the compound at the man slowly
righting himself. His pale eyes looked through Streeves and
then he turned on his heel and walked back to the tall tower
swathed in blackness.
"Don't walk away from me..." Streeves made a move to
follow then pulled up short as the demon sword swung into
his path. The hair of the back of his neck stood on end as the
sword emanated it's killing desire to him. It was hungry.
The pale yellow eyes never flinched from the battle-
hardened stare. "There are few laws here, Captain. The first
one being anyone who comes to our Lands is free. The
second is that no one will be allowed to remove a freeman -
whether it be former owners, hunters or slavers. The Third is
that if ever a freeman encounters their enslaver that person
will be tired before their peers. Everyone is given a trial if
they are accused of the Third law."
"And if they are found guilty?"
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"Death - as slow and agonizing as the suffering the
freeman had endured."
"& years of torture?"
Edan stepped up, "We have never had to use the Third
Law before no slaver dares enter the Dominion. Come with
me. I will show you the stables for the horses, and places
where your men can sleep."
 I can t allow this...Fallon is a member of the Highland
Horde. I won t allow this boy...
Edan turned to meet Streeves, steely gaze striking sparks
with steely gaze,  Don t underestimate him. He is the Dark
Lord here, and he is the keeper of our Laws. We are his
freemen...and we will do anything to protect ourselves and
our Lord. Right now, you have one to stand under the
sentence of Death...
 Are you threatening us?
 I am stating the rules of engagement. Danny is the Dark
Lord here. His will is Law. As long as you abide by that
Law, you will have nothing to fear. Edan gestured for some
of the younger boys to lead the soldiers to the stables.
 Welcome to the Dominion, Mercenaries. Welcome to our
fate.
Kev stood just inside the bedchamber as the golden
haired man stood staring out the high narrow window -
looking out across the land - but not seeing anything. "My
Lord?" The words went without recognition. He cleared his
voice "My Lord...something is troubling you."
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Again his words were met with silence. "Tell me what is
wrong."
 I don't owe you any explanations." The words were like
razors cutting into the fragile heart and letting the wounds
bleed inside. "I am more than a common rentboy or I thought
I was to you."
"You are...my anger and sorrow right now is mine to deal
with."
"Anything that affects you, affects me." Kev loosened
the scabbard and laid Denias gently at the foot of the great
bed. He crossed over and stood behind Danny, leaning close
pressing his nostrils up against the golden hair that smelt of
spring hay.
"I remember him, Kev. The image caught in my mind is
clear and perfect. He came like a black angel of death and
raised my village....he forced me in my own house..."
Kev stepped closer and drew Danny' warmth back
against him. His arms cradling around him. "I just
remembered something - my mother used to play the flute...I
can hear snatches of a melody...mixed with the sounds of the
brook, the singing of birds...then those sweet notes floating
over the snows...I'd forgotten her."
"My Lord...Danny..."
"My father would stop his forge and listen when my
mother would play...he used to call her songbird....but I can't
remember what her face looked like when she was alive. All
I see is her slit throat and empty sockets." A body wrenching
shudder ripped through Danny. He turned in his lover's arms
and stared into the concerned face. "Why? In all my years,
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I've never asked that. Why? Why was I the only left alive?
Why didn't he kill me right there and leave me to rot with the
rest of my family?"
"I can't answer you."
"He can...and he will tell me before he dies." Danny
broke away. "I thought I had hated before...but my anger at
Espys is nothing compared to what I am feeling now. This
man will pay for his crimes."
"When will the trial..."
"There will be no trial."
"My Lord!"
"I know him. I know what I have suffered because of
him!"
"You cannot do this." Kev returned. The air began to
crackle with the gathering power of Darkness. Kev took a
few paces backwards. Denias screamed inside his head...her
own power was gathering for release. She would protect her
new provider...even against the Darkness itself. Kev clenched
his fists and turned back to the window, as quickly as the
Darkness was called it was drained away.
"I am sorry Kev." Danny slumped back on the bed. "I
am not good company now."
"My Lord....Danny...I love you. My love isn't only for
your kindness and beauty...it is everything about you. I
would rather stay with you now but if you really wish me
gone, I will leave." [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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