Trust?
#3 of Knights of Taliber
this is actually a bit longer then the rest, got kinda bored earlier and i had a motivational need like right now. (2:02 in the morning) so I decided to write and hopefully put out this page..... I do have a plan for this, if it doesn't seam like it
_ Back in the castle grounds _
"where could he be......." Pablo said, looking out a window, and a few seconds later King Joseph walks up to him and looks worried.
"are you ok love? You seem like you are waiting for something important..... do I need to send someone out to find what or who you are waiting for so your mind can be at ease?" Joseph said, concern for his guard, friend, and love on his face
"no its ok, I promise.... I was only expecting a new friend to arrive today, he was supposed to bring me a book of his..... he is probably just delayed" Pablo said as he turned from the window to look at Joseph, concealing his absolute hate for his former love, and gives him a fake smile, to which Joseph returns but with a genuine smile. As Pablo was turned away, Tyler rode up to the castle gates, fatigued and light headed from blood loss.
_ The gate _
"Halt!! Who the hell are you?" shouted the gate keeper, brandishing a battle axe with ease,
"Please! I must speak with the king immediately!" Tyler said, the blade of the axe in his shoulder caked in his blood. The Gate Keeper just looks at him like he is insane, but grabs him when he falls from the saddle, before he calls for two new recruits to take him to the Surgeon.
"Its ok lad, if Luke says your alright, then you can speak to the king...." The Gate Keeper says to Tyler before he hands him to the two young recruits.
_ One hour later, in the medical tent _
Tyler is laying on a cot, with a man leaning over him, stitching the wound on his shoulder shut, as he hums a small tune, when he finishes Tyler wakes up slowly and groans in pain, his muscles aching from the long ride, when he tries to sit up the man stops him.
"dont move..... your pretty beat up.... and you have a visitor... says he is your master? I told him he has to wait until your better, he is here to take you back..... let me go get him...." the man starts for the door but Tyler stops him
"please.... don't...... he is the reason why I am hurt this bad and why I rode non-stop..... he will kill me if I go with him..... let him think I died from my injuries, and I need to speak to the king right away if my 'master' is here......" Tyler pleaded, holding the mans arm and speaking quietly, and the man nods.
"I'm Luke, take this" Luke hands him a small leaf, speaking quietly as well. "it will slow your heart down to where untrained people will think you are dead, I will allow him in and show him you are 'dead' then and only then, if he has remorse on his face will I decide if you can talk to my brother or not....." when Tyler nods and eats the leaf he lays back and seems to be dead. After a minute Luke walks out to where Shaughn is and looks him in the eyes
"i am sorry sir. But I'm afraid your assistant has passed away....." Luke said, expertly faking sadness,
"well..... I guess this means I have to find a new one...." Shaughn replied, and a slight smile slips through his fake frown, one which doesn't go unnoticed but goes unquestioned. After a few minutes of Shaughn looking to see if Tyler really was dead and he left, when his back was turned he smiled wide
_Perfect, that saved me the trouble of killing him with an axe, now, I need to go and talk with Pablo before I do anything else....._Shaughn thought, smiling to himself as he walked from the tent, not seeing Luke give Tyler the antidote to the herb and cover his mouth to keep him from talking until Shaughn left, at which point he pulled a recruit into the tent and told him to go get the king, right away.