- Laith Taher 73
Reid remembered the massacre of his people, the
Maloms, at the hands of Vogers. Same blood, same dead
bodies, and same injustice...yes, same injustice, as he was
aware that what he and his soldiers did was great injustice.
He started thinking, What have I done? What fault
did all these people commit, so that they get punished for
what one man, or even four, if we add Frederick to the
Three Guardians, had done? Even if they had some fault,
what fault did those children, women, and old men
commit? How, after all these years, could I do the very
same thing that destroyed my whole life?
Yet, he believed that he had to do what he did
because he could not disobey the king. He was aware that
the only difference between the massacre he committed and
the one of Maloms was that there would not be a
courageous man like King Kendrick to avenge those people
who were unfairly killed.
The commander had immediately carried out the
king’s orders when he told him to keep Queen Heather’s
guards detained in Fitoma Palace. The king decided to kill
all the guards. People were gathered in front of Fitoma
Palace and the king was there, as was the commander.
“My Lord, Queen Heather ordered us not to go with
her as she rode the horses because she did not want us to
hold her back,” the Chief Guard said as he trembled with
fear.
The king did not reply. Commander Reid knew
what the unspoken reply of the king was, as the king
ordered them not to leave the queen no matter what, and
following the king’s orders was more important than
following the queen’s.