Title: Deltora's King
Summary: The time spent in Withick Mire from Dain's POV. This follows the book as closely as it can.
Author's note: This chapter is from page 60 to 62. Sorry, but Dain was not in this part of the chapter much.
Disclaimer: See first chapter.
Dedication: This chapter was written for GenerationZ.
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That night and the next day passed quickly. Dain, Lief and Jasmine watched over Barda in tuns, coaxing him to take honey, water and spoonfuls of broth. At times Barda seemed to strengthen a little, rousing himself and even speaking. But soon the weakness would take hold again, and before long he would he would be worse than ever.
It was as if he was on a gradual downward slide that could not be halted. The stirrings were coming less often now.
At sunset Dain had just taken Lief's place beside Barda's bed when a shrill cry was heard from outside.
"Ak-Baba! Beware!"
Suddenly all was confusion as people began streaming though the door into the shelter. Lief was looking around frantically. Dain presumed he was looking for Jasmine.
Lief pushed his way though the crowd and Dain lost sight of him.
Later he learnt that it was not an Ak-Baba that had been sighted but was in fact a kin bearing the Dread Gnome, Gal-Thorn, from Dread Mountain.
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Reviewer ResponseGenerationZ: Thanks for the review, without it I was finding it very hard to gather any motivation to complete the story. Actually, I hadn't written another word. So everyone can thank you when this story is finished. I hope you like the rest as much as you liked the first chapter.