Chapter 2
Take over
What in the seven kingdoms are those damn knights of mine doing to take so long?!
Rand,lord of RavenField,was not a very patient man and his knights were trying whatever bit of patience he had. They better have killed Noah and every single one of those Dynasty knights he thought. He felt a smooth and soft hand over his and looked to his left.
His wife,Jenna,was looking at him with concern. "Are you alright,my love?"she asked him. Rand smiled at her. Tall and slender with pale and fair skin,bright green eyes and long brown wavy hair,Jenna was what most men would call 'a woman from a dream' or 'dream wife'. "I'm fine honey."he said. She looked him over before nodding and removing her hand from his.
A loud creak echoed through the throne room as the two enormous doors opened and,at last,his knights arrived. "My lord."Ser Finn,his captain of the knights,greeted and they all bowed. "What in the seven kingdoms took you all so long?!"Rand yelled angrily.
"My lord,their were more Dynasty knights than we last counted and a hundred or so EagleGuard knights."Finn replied. Rand was trying his hardest not to roll his eyes. "I trust that Noah is dead?"he said. "Yes m'lord."Finn answered. "However,their captain and Noah's squire have escaped." "The squire is of no interest to me,"Rand said. "Gavin,on the other hand,may prove a problem if not caught."
"Would you like me to organize a search party?"Finn asked him. "Soon. But the citizens of Lightbane must be frightened without a lord to protect them. I think it's time they got a lord. Finn,gather the knights,head over to Lightbane and storm the kingdom. Any Dynasty knight that swears fealty to me is not to be harmed. I will not be able to rule Lightbane for I have to stay here so in my absence,you will rule Lightbane. If I have to tell you anything or you hear any news,send a message to me right away. And remember our house's words: Stand strong,stand tall."he told Finn.
"Stand strong,stand tall."they all repeated in unison. Finn nodded then turned to his knights. "You heard the lord! Get the others ready and prepare to march to Lightbane!" "Yes ser Finn."they answered then they turned and walked back out the door. Once they left,Jenna looked at Rand.
"My lord,with all due respect,our son isn't old enough to rule and won't be for a long time. Should you and I be killed,our enemies can regain the kingdom back. So why do you want to take over another kingdom?"she asked him. "You said it yourself Jenna. Shane is and won't be able to rule for a long time. So I will keep the Lightbane kingdom under my rule with someone I know I can trust until he can rule on his own."Rand said to her. "But if our son rules the Lightbane kingdom,when we die who will rule our kingdom?"she asked.
"We will wait and see if Shane produces two boys or a boy and a girl. If he does both kingdoms will go in each of their names,keeping our bloodline as powerful as it has always been. If not well,I'll leave the castle with someone who has been loyal to us and will support Shane no matter what ,"Rand replied. "Though with Noah's best knight on the loss I cannot wait for Shane to come of age to rule the kingdom. From what I learned about Gavin he's loyal to the bone to his lord and that type of loyalty can most definitely cause trouble for us."he added.
Jenna nodded and they stayed silent for a long amount of time. "Well,I will go to see how Shane is doing."Jenna said almost randomly. She got up from her throne and walked off. Rand watched her go before going back to his thoughts. Once I have Lightbane under my rule,I'll extend my rule to the other kingdoms and I will rule all!
