- The Prouds 298
The gathering people, who were shocked by the
news, also collapsed and became grieved by the death of
their strongest knight, who had always been their protector
and source of pride, by his brother, their leader.
What Hammond said was like an earthquake that
created a deep crack in the Prouds, a crack that could never
be repaired.
Shannon could not believe and bear what had
happened. Her heart was broken with sorrow. She
remembered how happy she was when she got married to
Addison and thought that good things would result from
that marriage. She never expected all that evil and pain to
result from her marriage to him. She could not understand
how two human beings whom she gave birth to could kill
one another. She felt as if her intestines were killing
themselves, as if her hand was cutting her other hand. What
value did her life and what was left of it have after all that
happened?
Death of a loved one is definitely painful and that
applies to Jarvis’s death. But what caused the pain to
multiply was the fact that he died at the hand of his own
brother.
The Prouds put on their black dresses to mourn the death of
their strongest knight. Not only were their dresses black, as
what happened painted their hearts and souls with
blackness.
When the Prouds knew that the king had prepared
to fight them, Reynold went to Hammond’s house and
entered it as Hammond was in his bedroom leaning against
the wall, drowning in deep sadness and talking to himself