- Laith Taher 53
They were terrified.
Albert asked with horror, “What are you going to
do?”
The commander did not reply, and kept walking
with his harsh facial expressions, until he reached Albert
and struck him, slitting his throat. His blood covered his red
beard.
The other two guardians pulled their swords, but
retreated from the commander as they knew that they were
no match for him. There was no escape because the doors
were tightly locked.
The king had put them in a locked cage like three
mice with a lion. Slowly and confidently, the commander
approached Willard, who realized that the only way out
was by killing Reid. They hit each other’s swords twice
until Reid struck Willard’s chest. Irwin was uselessly trying
to open one of the doors with both of his hands. The
commander approached him the same way. As he reached
him, Irwin turned around and their swords hit one another
several times. Irwin showed some resistance compared to
his mates but the commander was stronger than him, and
eventually knocked his sword away. Reid dropped his
sword and used his fists to punch Irwin twice in his face
bringing him down to his knees. He grabbed Irwin’s head
tightly and twisted it breaking his neck with his scary grey
eyes wide open.
That was the last time the king saw those grey eyes
of which he was always so fearful. That fear had gone
forever.
Although the king was only sixteen, he was tough.
Despite the red blood all over the hall and the view of the