How the Mighty Fall
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"What can you do? You are a mere child."
"I'm almost 20, and right now the only possible ally you have. Beggars cant be choosers"
The cell fell silent. "Do we have a deal?" he asked extending his harm through the bars for her to shake.
She sighed in defeat, "It seems I have no other option."
Tobias Greystone, the eldest of three to a poor farmer, yearns for excitement and adventure in his life and above all a better way of living. Being the kind and sympathetic soul he is, saves a young woman from life imprisonment and ends up making a deal that could change his life.
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