Over the last week Kel felt as if she had been living in a nightmare. In order to spare Tortall from more war, she had sacrificed herself in part of a treaty with King Maggur and King Jonathan. According to the conventions of war, Kel's friends couldn't attempt a rescue without flouting the treaty. She also couldn't be ransomed, because she had signed the treaty as well.
Kel would never forget that night. At the ball celebrated in her honor, King Maggur had offered to surrender the war if Tortall would forfeit the realm's second lady knight. Kel had complied. That was the night all of her friends gave her a mournful farewell. Now she sat shackled in a cell in the heart of Scanra, thinking dismal thoughts.
Flashback--
An escort of 15 men of the King's Own had escorted her to the Vassa River, where 15 armed Scanrans were waiting. There was no exchange of words. They just grabbed Kel, and hopped into their boats. Roughly they bound, gagged, and blindfolded her. She probably could have stopped them, but wanted to do nothing to jeopardize the agreement that the two countries had. There was something in her food that night that made her fall asleep. When she awoke, she was chained to the wall in a dreary castle. In a cell with no windows. She had no idea where she was, or what was to become of her.
On he second day of her imprisonment, a large, blond man with hard, cruel eyes came to see her. He was quite tall, and reminded her a little of Stenmun Kinslayer. He had interrogated her for quite a while, teasing her tauntingly. When he asked questions about Tortall and its Council, she refused to answer. It seemed all too suspicious that this man was so deeply interested about Tortall's strengths and weaknesses. It finally donned on her that this must be King Maggur Rathausak. The man she hated most. It seemed that fate's twists had finally brought her to her enemy, with one con. She was shackled, kneeling limply at his feet. When he finally left, Kel still had no notion of what her purpose here was. She stayed in that cell for the next 5 days. They gave her food through a slot in the door 2 times a day, and a chamber pot to relieve herself in. That was how she got to where she was now.
End flashback
well, here it starts again people! My SEQUEL! I have big plans for this story…I just hope I don't forget them! Any suggestions you have are VERY welcome.