He didn’t feel, but he knew.“Open the gates!” he cried as he drew close.The soldiers on the parapets looked down and saw their duke appear from ...he mist, he was being pursued over the bridge by a dozen knights brandishing the dragon of Uther. Arrows flew and the portcullis was raised, the pursuers dropped and disappeared into the mist rising around the castle. As the portcullis closed the guards joined all but a few people in that corner of the peninsula and fell asleep.Somehow Uther knew where. Need to get supplies before I continue on."The man bent down and examined the hoof on the front leg. The animal didn't put up any kind of resistance. He commented, "Take two days and I'll have your horse in the best condition possible." I'll let you know tomorrow," said Malcolm."Good enough," said the man as he untied the horse. He led the animal into the barn where he would take care of it.Shaking his head, Malcolm headed back towards the center of town where the inn was located. The inn had a. "Tasha wouldn't allow us to pick just any tree, you know. She had us out there for hours until she found exactly the right one. Then we needed four of us to carry it; that thing is huge!"My eyes drifted across the crowd until I spotted Tasha chatting with one of the latecomers. Marsh was with her with his arm wrapped around her waist. I elbowed Evan lightly and nodded at Marsh and Tasha."Do you know anything about that?"Evan looked at me with surprise and shook his head. We excused ourselves to. A single action could cause a chain reaction, it could wake her up, it could change things in one way or another. I couldn’t risk that.Eventually, my watch read 12:35am, and I decided it was time. Gingerly, I got up from my bed, wearing nothing but my boxers, and prowled my way across the floor, making sure my feet made no noise at all. I felt nothing as I walked. I barely even registered that I was walking in the first place. It was only once I had gotten to her door that I noticed how much.