[Forest of Moore depths - Enter Clyde Arrowny as he paces back and forth, unsure what to do next]
Shadow #1: Return to your Kingdom, should it still be in your hands.
Shadow #2: Yes, in your hands or in theirs? Return to know.
Shadow #3: Return only to return again.
Shadow #2: Come to us again and we shall come to you.
Shadow #1: So that you shall have enough strength to finally learn.
Shadow #3: Yes learn.
Clyde Arrowny: You wish me to return to the Kingdom? Why the sudden change in tone? you know they will expel you from these lands as well.
Shadow #1: Then you will remain weak.
Shadow #3: Yes, weak.
Shadow #1: You can only learn when you learn of what lies there.
Shadow #2: Yes, learn from what lies behind.
Shadow #3: So you can learn what is ahead.
Clyde Arrowny: There is nothing for me there now, yet I must go back, I must lay my beloved to rest before I continue onwards and see for myself what truth your words contain, if any at all.
Shadow #2: Leave her, we will await your return.
Shadow #1: Bring her and you shall both be gone... without a trace...
Shadow #3: Trust us...
Clyde Arrowny: [Aside] I should not trust them but... they're telling the truth. I can feel it, there is something not right about all of this.
[to Shadows] We have a deal, protect her and I will honour my end. You have my word.
Shadow #1: We have your soul.
[Exit Clyde returning back to Rahmanus]
(Bonnie's engagement ring)
YOU ARE READING
Twisted Roots (Complete Edition)
FantastikWhen a fallen prince makes a life-altering deal with creatures of darkness, he finds his past resurfacing upon an encounter with a young child with unknown origins. To prevent his past from catching up with him, he is driven to kill his emotions by...