Light Warriors. Vlad Vas

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      And Jeff sat down and remained alone by the fire, carefully watching the fire that reflected on his sword and his eyes, and then he was completely immersed in his own thoughts. Only he and God knew what he was thinking.

      MORNING

      The smell of meat cooking on the fire woke Adelaide. As she opened her eyes with difficulty, she saw Jeff sitting across from her, smoking a hare caught in one of the traps over the coals. Richard wasn’t there. It was dawn, the fog was thick, the air was frosty, and the sky, overcast with dark gray clouds, boded for rainy weather.

      – Good morning,» she greeted him softly, hugging her shoulders as she tried to warm herself after the chill of sleeping on the cold ground that had long since passed, and moved closer to the fire, which was almost completely extinguished, but still gave off heat.

      – Good… – He said in reply. – Make yourself comfortable, we’ll have breakfast and be on our way.

      – Thank you, but where is Richard? – she asked in between.

      – He decided to take another look at the area to see which way we should go. – he answered. – Are you rested, have you had a good night’s sleep?

      – Thank you, yes, very much, just frozen. Have you even slept yourself? – she asked in a slightly shaky voice, rubbing her hands together to warm them.

      – I’ll sleep in the other world! – He grinned, and then stood up, threw off his cloak, and covered his companion with it.

      – Thank you,» Adelaide said.

      – Then I hope you won’t be asleep for a while,» Rich’s voice suddenly sounded as he approached. – All is quiet in the forest. I found the right direction to Philip’s fortress. However, we got a long way from it yesterday, so let’s hurry up and eat and hit the road to get out of harm’s way. – He said, not looking anyone in the eye, as he was a little embarrassed by the situation of the day before.

      Jeff, unceremoniously, cut the hare into several pieces and served it to his guests on a dagger.

      The brothers quickly set about the meal, which led to her soon disappearing.

      Adelaide managed to tear off just a small piece of meat with her tiny fingers and looked at it for a long time before putting it into her mouth.

      – Aren’t you going to eat? – Rich asked sharply as he finished chewing the hare.

      – I’m not really hungry,» she answered with a slight reflection of food rejection on her face. – But maybe you’d like some?

      – I’d love to! – they said in one voice.

      – It’s not a waste of good things! – Richard added and took the piece from Adelaide’s hands, then divided it «fraternally» with Jeff, and they finished it off as quickly as they had done before.

      – That’s it, we can ride,» Jeffrey said, filling the rest of the coals with earth. Then they got on horseback.

      This time Adelaide got on the horse with Geoffrey – apparently because she was still resentful of Richard. And they set off.

      The village

      A couple of hours later, our heroes came upon a village. Tiny in size and quiet in assessment in general. Not a soul was visible in the street. In the windows of the houses, too, there was no movement or signs of life, only a dark gray thick smoke came out of the chimney of one of the buildings. That was where the three walked leisurely. Adelaide pressed herself closer to Geoffrey with excitement, which made him feel good, and he couldn’t hide his smile.

      Jeff held the reins in one hand and the crossbow in the other, ready to fire at any second, while Rich drew his sword from its sheath and mentally prepared for battle. As they rode through the gate, which had long since been unfit СКАЧАТЬ