Distant Memories – The Letter.
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A royal messenger rode through the Corus market place and made his way up to the palace. Once he was close to the gates he temporarily abandoned his horse and ran up the steps to the palace.
He went straight to the King, in order to deliver a very important message. The messenger bowed. "Yer Majesty. I 'ave a letter from King Ain for yer Majesty." He handed over a letter sealed with the Royal Tusaine coat of arms.
Roald signaled for the messenger to sit and he did, but not before bowing once more. Roald carefully opened the envelope and took out the letter inside. His fingers were trembling. He had no idea what the letter may say, but considering the fact that the war had just ended, he thought it wouldn't be pleasant.
Slowly he unfolded the paper and began to read. Afer Roald read it once, he read it again. He rubbed his eyes, he just couldn't believe it.
"Timon," the King summoned.
"Aye, your Majesty," said Timon.
"Would you go and fetch Jonathan and Gareth."
"Aye, your Majesty." Timon bowed and left.
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"There has to be something we can do," Gary said for the thousandth time that day.
"We can't try and save him, look what happened last time," Raoul told him.
"Time will only tell what happens to Alan," Jon finally said. King Roald was not happy when he leant of his son's adventure to save his squire. He still wasn't completely happy with Jon.
"But we must do something," Gary insisted.
"Look where doing something last time got me, ransomed." As much as he wanted to go and rescue Alanna, he knew it was pointless. He also knew Alanna was stubborn and try to find a way home herself. If her secret hadn't been revealed…
There was a knock at the door, and Raoul opened it to see who the visitor was. "Timon, come in," Jon said.
"His Majesty asks for you, Your Highness," Timon said.
Jon hoped it wasn't yet another lecture about the war. "Do you know why?"
Timon shook his head. "All I know, is that His Majesty received a letter."
"A letter?"
"Aye," Timon nodded, "From Tusaine."
Jon turned to Gary and Raoul. "Wait here, I'll be back as soon as I can."
He left the room, but not before hearing Gary's comment, "There might be hope for young Alan still."
Jon walked to his fathers' personal chambers, only to find Duke Gareth was also there. He was reading a letter. Wordlessly he finished reading and handed the letter to Jon. Jon couldn't believe it. He whistled. "Mithros, I can't believe this. And they expect us too while they have Alan there as prisoner?"
The King nodded grimly. "There's nothing we can do. We must accept their offer."
"But couldn't we get Alan out of there first?" Jon asked.
Duke Gareth shook his head. "Until a ransom comes, we can do nothing."
"But Alan's a noble, it's expected for him to be to be ransomed," Jon said.
"Yet no ransom has come," the King added.
"Hilam plays a dirty game," Duke Gareth said. "When you're dealing with him nothing is ever fair."
A short time later, Jon returned to his rooms where an anxious Raoul and Gary were waiting. They looked up as Jon walked in, waiting for the news.
"Our friends in Tusaine," said Jon through gritted teeth, "are inviting us to the home of Duke Hilam."
Gary and Raould were in shock. "What do you mean?"
"In two months time, Tusaine will have a two day festival. The court of Tortall are the guests. Hilam wants us to sign a peace treaty."
The three were more depressed then they were before. They had all thought the letter had been a ransom for Alanna…
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