Chapter 18

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That night in the stable stood three men in armor plotting their next move. One was tall and held himself with a since of authority. The two other men who were gruff looking listened to the leader as he spoke.
"We have to get going unless you want Stephen to tan our skins and use them as rugs for his chamber." Said one of the henchmen.
"Shut it you blundering idiot" the leader said with almost a hiss.
The henchmen seemed to shrink at the leader's anger.
"With all your talk we won't make it outside the gates" said the leader.
  So in the cover of night the three men easily slipped through the gates with out any signs of suspicion as they started their way back to their kingdom.

The unsuspecting Leo lay in his bedchamber sound asleep next to his new lover for the night. 
It wasn't like I cared about him, who could love a man who killed their friend right in front of them. I might have loved him once and allowed him to hold me and keep me near all night but that was the past.
It was hard for me to remember the good about Leo when all he ever did was prove my love for him was wrong.

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