"So the actual wedding with Julianne is on the 8th. Roald? Roald! Pay attention!"
"Sorry mother...I just have some things on my mind..."
"Roald, keep the trial out of your mind. We have to get this marriage arranged."
Roald was getting tried in two days, he had told the people at Corus that he had killed Gregory. Kel hadn't been talking to him since, and Merric and Cleon were still at the other fief "cleaning up". He hated coming back to Corus, not only for the trial, but also because he hadn't been able to say good-bye to Rosaline. "I probably won't ever see her again..." he had thought, but shoved it out of his mind quickly. "I will see her again," he thought, " I will.
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"Roald!" Merric called.
"Merric. You're back." Roald said, voice in a monotone. He was tired, and he wasn't in the mood for talking. "Any news?"
"Roald, you're going to hate me for this...but I told everyone. You're out of the trial. We have the captives here, and they've just been tried. I told them that Gregory, and these 5 others i found were the ring leaders of the revolt. Their punishment is in less than an hour."
"WHAT?!" Roald cried. "Merric! No! Why did you do that? You knew perfectly well that I didn't want that to happen, and that i would take any charges held against me...Oh Mithros, where are the captives?"
"Roald, it was for your own good...And they're in the cells in dungeon K'trava. They're having their last meal."
"LAST MEAL?! They're going to DIE in LESS than an hour, and you make it sound like nothing! ONE LAST MEAL?! Why don't you take this time to let them say their good-byes, Oh please let them say their good-byes!"
"There would be no time for that. And Roald, if i'm to be one of your advisors when you're king, let me advise you, and practice on this. This is the right choice, it's good for that fief, and it's good for Tortall. We can't have a captive King-To-Be, and we can't have revolts. So if you want, you can say your good-byes if you need to, for whatever reason. Roald, trust me, this IS the right thing."
But even if Roald wanted to say his last good-byes, it was too late, for the bell rang 3 times, signaling the killing of the people who were tried, and found guilty, on that dark afternoon.
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TO BE CONTINUED...(that's right, it's not over yet!)
"Sorry mother...I just have some things on my mind..."
"Roald, keep the trial out of your mind. We have to get this marriage arranged."
Roald was getting tried in two days, he had told the people at Corus that he had killed Gregory. Kel hadn't been talking to him since, and Merric and Cleon were still at the other fief "cleaning up". He hated coming back to Corus, not only for the trial, but also because he hadn't been able to say good-bye to Rosaline. "I probably won't ever see her again..." he had thought, but shoved it out of his mind quickly. "I will see her again," he thought, " I will.
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"Roald!" Merric called.
"Merric. You're back." Roald said, voice in a monotone. He was tired, and he wasn't in the mood for talking. "Any news?"
"Roald, you're going to hate me for this...but I told everyone. You're out of the trial. We have the captives here, and they've just been tried. I told them that Gregory, and these 5 others i found were the ring leaders of the revolt. Their punishment is in less than an hour."
"WHAT?!" Roald cried. "Merric! No! Why did you do that? You knew perfectly well that I didn't want that to happen, and that i would take any charges held against me...Oh Mithros, where are the captives?"
"Roald, it was for your own good...And they're in the cells in dungeon K'trava. They're having their last meal."
"LAST MEAL?! They're going to DIE in LESS than an hour, and you make it sound like nothing! ONE LAST MEAL?! Why don't you take this time to let them say their good-byes, Oh please let them say their good-byes!"
"There would be no time for that. And Roald, if i'm to be one of your advisors when you're king, let me advise you, and practice on this. This is the right choice, it's good for that fief, and it's good for Tortall. We can't have a captive King-To-Be, and we can't have revolts. So if you want, you can say your good-byes if you need to, for whatever reason. Roald, trust me, this IS the right thing."
But even if Roald wanted to say his last good-byes, it was too late, for the bell rang 3 times, signaling the killing of the people who were tried, and found guilty, on that dark afternoon.
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TO BE CONTINUED...(that's right, it's not over yet!)