Chapter one
The last day of the mission was upon them then, they could go back and regroup with Alexander and the main body of the army.
Hephaistion was looking forward to seeing Alexander after nearly 2 month away he could no longer survive on letters. He had read the letters so many times he knew most of them off by heart and would sometime recite them in over and over in his head when he and his men were on long marches
The next day it was still dark when Hephaistion and his small company of men set off in the direction of the meeting point which was a five day ride from their current location.
After hard days riding the company stopped by the banks of a river, it had not rain in days so the river was at a safe level for them to do so.
In his tent Hephaistion planed the next stage in their journey, but once that had been done he went over to the bed and picked up a plain wooden box and sat down on the bed pushing his hair behind his ears and opened it.
Inside contained all of the letters that Alexander had written to him in the last 2 months, he picked them up; some of them were in a sorry state from being handling over and over. He shuffled them up and picked one out at random and returned the other back into the boxes.
He put the box back where he had found it and unfolded the letter and began to read, he smiled and laughed out loud when he read about how Alexander nearly got thrown off Buccphalas because he was showing off. Hephaistion read it four more times before folding back up and holding it close to his heart he fell asleep.
For three days the journey had been uneventful then on the fourth day as they rode through a mountain passage they were ambushed.
The Persians outnumbered Hephaistion and his men, they killed the horses and throw the riders to the ground where some where kicked and beaten others were killed as they tried to fight.
Hephaistion managed to stay on his horse and kill anyone who came close. Suddenly his horse was cut down and fell crushing Hephaistion underneath it.
Hephaistion tried lifting the horse off him but it was dead weight and he found that every time he moved sharp pain travelled the entire length of his body.
Suddenly the horse was rolled of him and he found himself face to face with three Persian one of the lifted his booted foot kicked him in the face which cause him to black out.