Chapter 5
'When are we stopping to eat?' Horace asked for what must have been the twenty millionth time that hour.
Halt had even given up on trying to answer him, instead he just remained silent.
'Halt,' Horace said looking a head towards the crossroads that was coming up. Halt continued ignoring him.
'Halt!' Horace tried again. Halt still didn't respond.
'There is someone lying in the middle of the road chopped in half,' Horace added. After hearing this, Halt said up in his saddle and swore.
Once he saw that Horace was right, he swore again, just for good measure.
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Crowley nodded to the Rangers who were already set up as he rode into the gathering ground. Their faces were serious and his was no different.
Eventually he made it to his position and ran straight into Gilan who was standing there in his way.
'You'll hear once everyone else does,' Crowley grunted at him. Gil didn't move.
'Where's Will and Halt?' he asked.
'Not here,' Crowley replied.
'Obviously,' Gilan said. 'Where are they?'
'Gone,' Crowley said and shoved the younger Ranger out of his way and started to set up camp.
Gilan frowned. Will and Halt were both meant to be at castle Araluen talking to Crowley, why hadn't they came with him. Unless they knew already what the meeting was for? But the commander's replies to his questions had gotten shorter and shorter.
What was happening?
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The new apprentices were failing. All of them.
And not just failing. They were majorly failing in the biggest way that an apprentice could fail.
Lady Pauline gave an unladylike groan and pushed the marks from the apprentices latest grade away from her.
Where's Halt when I need him, she thought. If I asked him what I could do about this he would tell me that to make them all pay attention more I could throw them into the local lake.
As wrong as that is, that is actually an appealing thought right now, she continued.
Halt had even given up on trying to answer him, instead he just remained silent.
'Halt,' Horace said looking a head towards the crossroads that was coming up. Halt continued ignoring him.
'Halt!' Horace tried again. Halt still didn't respond.
'There is someone lying in the middle of the road chopped in half,' Horace added. After hearing this, Halt said up in his saddle and swore.
Once he saw that Horace was right, he swore again, just for good measure.
123456789
Crowley nodded to the Rangers who were already set up as he rode into the gathering ground. Their faces were serious and his was no different.
Eventually he made it to his position and ran straight into Gilan who was standing there in his way.
'You'll hear once everyone else does,' Crowley grunted at him. Gil didn't move.
'Where's Will and Halt?' he asked.
'Not here,' Crowley replied.
'Obviously,' Gilan said. 'Where are they?'
'Gone,' Crowley said and shoved the younger Ranger out of his way and started to set up camp.
Gilan frowned. Will and Halt were both meant to be at castle Araluen talking to Crowley, why hadn't they came with him. Unless they knew already what the meeting was for? But the commander's replies to his questions had gotten shorter and shorter.
What was happening?
123456789
The new apprentices were failing. All of them.
And not just failing. They were majorly failing in the biggest way that an apprentice could fail.
Lady Pauline gave an unladylike groan and pushed the marks from the apprentices latest grade away from her.
Where's Halt when I need him, she thought. If I asked him what I could do about this he would tell me that to make them all pay attention more I could throw them into the local lake.
As wrong as that is, that is actually an appealing thought right now, she continued.