Ladyhawke

Chapter 2 "Always together... eternally apart"

The next day, Cook and Terrence were on the road again. Cook couldn't stop talking about what happened the night before.

- You might not believe me, but there was this woman, with beautiful green eyes and her voice...

- She talked? Asked Terrence.

- Yes... I asked her if I was dreaming, she said ; "as a matter of fact, you are".

- Did she tell you her name?

Terrence was with a falcon. The same falcon which was following him yesterday... he probably tamed the bird...

- No... why do you want to know her name?

- So if she comes in my dreams, I could call her by her name... and pretend that we've met before... I've waited all my life for a woman like that.

He was looking at the falcon while he was saying that.

- You're very funny when you want to.

- I believe in dream, don't you? Get some rests, the road is long, let's take a nap...

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Meanwhile, Captain Daniel, the chief of the guards arrived at the monetary where bishop Albert of Lakewood lived. This last one was looking at young girls dancing for him.

- Your grace! Said Daniel

- Did you catch the prisoner?

- Not yet, your grace...

- So why have you darkened my door step, dirty and without shaving? Do you think you were going to find him here?

- Captain Grandchester is back...

Bishop Albert stopped and looked at him. He stood up.

- Let's go for a walk...

They started walking in the hallways of the monetary.

- Was he with the falcon?

- The what?

- The falcon... make sure nothing happens to it. The day that falcon dies, will be the day of your execution. Times are difficult... I've raised the taxes to have more money, but they tell me because of hunger, there's nothing, we can't charge taxes on nothing... I had a dream in which God revealed to me that the devil's messenger was among us and his name was Terrence Grandchester! Now, you know your mission!

He held out his hand and Daniel leaned to kiss his ring... And he turned around to leave.

- Call George for me! He yelled at his subjects.

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Cook was cutting wood with Terrence's sword, who came and took it away.

- This sword has been in my family for generations, he said, those are my family's coat of arms and this represents our alliance with the Saint Church of Rome and this was my father's... this here came from the crusades, every generation had a mission...

- And what is your mission?

- To kill a man.

- Ok, right and who's the walking dead?

- His grace of Lakewood.

- Bishop Albert?

- Yes...

- Well, you have a lot to do, so I'm not going to disturb you...I hope our roads would cross again one day...

- I need you to take me to Lakewood.