Chapter 36
The crowds had already gathered by104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx7mnFx6Zo
the time Vander had left the basement and been brought outside. He could feel104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM62YKH1kzP
that everything was placed on a knife’s edge just waiting for someone to do104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5H0GI5W2t
something to light a match under the powder keg. There were five soldiers in104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRohhox9Ut
front of him, two of them were holding the chains to his hands, while the five104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyCZ3Ddl3g
behind him were holding his leg iron chains. There were guards surrounding him104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff1r1uQD1f
as well to keep anyone from trying anything, or to keep him from escaping.
“How do you like the crowd?”104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXv3kRkxXb
Vander turned his head to see Leon smirking next to him. Leon had always felt104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRqoGrXRhq
inferior to Vander, he wasn’t sure why, but it was always a one-sided contest104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD8Uy9qJu8
between the two of them.
“I’m glad to see you haven’t104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zpU5dkkaG
changed at all.” Vander snorted. “I assume that this was your doing?”
“Of course.” Leon laughed. “I104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDeMMSGbIs
wanted everyone to see you fall. It would make quite the story don’t you104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7ubhrnLZQ
think?”
“If you think this will change104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFW9oKvbr0
anyone’s mind about you, you’re sadly mistaken.” Vander shook his head. “You’re104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBK4ZjfCUZ
still just a baby hiding behind his father’s power. No one will respect you. No104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Pmph8e62y
one will like you. The sooner you face facts, the happier you will be.”
“I don’t have to take that from a104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPhwo3lHz5
king slayer.” Leon hissed. “I’ll be there in the front row when they hang you.”104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcBO6mWTQL
With that Leon walked off to the front of the procession.
As they made their way into the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG8VpUN5Qa
east district, Vander saw some familiar faces amongst the crowd. Many of them104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHh2YzRXbPp
he had helped in the past and while he was glad to see them, he was embarrassed104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbZQPXKVux
to have them see him like this. He wasn’t Malcolm’s killer, but did the others104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctwsdtkULI
believe him? It was hard to be sure. His eyes met Julianna’s. She didn’t look104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQXIU3mWlF
away, but her face was grim. He turned away from her.
“Vander!” He heard her shout.104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo06gYdTRw
“Don’t give up, we’re with you!” He looked over to see that Julianna had held104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwlQHJMSPi
her fist up in the air. Slowly and surely the others did the same. They didn’t104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwWzTdHNWT
scream, they didn’t shout, they didn’t rush the soldiers to free him. They104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGScCESNcv
showed solidarity with him, as if they didn’t believe what was being said about104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRENVc3GSWg
him. He would have to prove their trust in him was correctly placed.
“Keep it moving!” one of the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0Xx7z0jML
guards shoved Vander in the back causing him to stumble. He caught himself and104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZFmwbuYIt
kept walking.
The road through the middle104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4owtBOOGNY
district was cleared for everyone. The nobles didn’t care about this, it was104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpu7FbHAdTI
below their station. They were likely asleep or cheating on their spouses. It104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNk2q0SWSy
was those in the third ring that would give him the most difficult time: the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzaIX7AKua
comrades he served with for most of his life. It was their judgement that would104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVJamrkpHE
hurt the most. Nothing could prepare him for what he expected to face from104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgWEkjRI4V
them.
The Blades were standing on both104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkkBliPv32
sides of the road with the rest of the army behind them. He knew Alex wasn’t104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKey8NqelrP
there, but he saw Chicken, Rooster, Forest, Briar, and Eve standing amongst104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsbObhfiSh
them. In the few months he had been gone, it looked as though they had aged104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsuTMvx4jK
considerably. He could tell Chicken was close to tears, but she held them back.104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjonxz6vxbo
Rooster looked straight ahead with a bewildered expression on his face. Forest104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfQ2BCzSTM
and Briar held each other’s hands, but Eve looked annoyed for some reason. He104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiMYW7BNpH
felt a little bad that his grandfather wasn’t around. He had taken the brunt of104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6gbFjsgzp
the punishment and now it would be his turn if he couldn’t convince the council104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3OAhUobyA
he was innocent.
He was brought up the castle steps104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbv4urtkDo
then towards the council chamber. Most of his guard detail was left behind with104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgyNsRSQNy
only the four guards holding his chains, Eric Jilena, and Leon escorting him to104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjB4GnY8Vyh
the council chamber for judgement to be passed upon him. However, they took him104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05SVLFIiJN
to the throne room instead. Two Blades opened the door revealing the large104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZeUhIdB4p
empty space, the only thing there was the throne where Cuvera was sitting.104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyD8bHjgSz
Behind him was Kiara and Eliza. Spaced evenly around them were the remaining104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pJXXevDAv
council members and they did not look happy in the least.
Peyton Cranton sat next to Cuvera104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuVeoocMRK
with a small smile on his face. He had likely been waiting for this for a very104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2mkd0UL8o
long time.
“We brought him.” Eric pulled the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy94bocMrJm
chains causing Vander to stumble, falling to his knees.
“Remove the chains.” Cuvera104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLnL81kh9l
instructed.
“My King?” Eric asked. “Is that104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpP1Np0NnB
wise? He already killed your father and my son. He’s dangerous. He should be…”
“I gave you an order General.”104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsv08jmbIg
Cuvera snapped. “Do not make me repeat myself.” Eric debated whether to104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIrXCMypXO
disobey, but eventually he relented. Vander felt the chains leave his hands104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2APf6h0Afy
then clatter on the ground. He rubbed his wrists tenderly hoping to get the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEKNFjBsLG
feeling back into them. “Step forward.”
Vander walked until he was ten104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURdSdYWRj2
feet away from the throne, before dropping to one knee, bowing in front of his104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jc17N2f2B
friend. He looked up to see that Cuvera had aged considerably these past few104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5qR9dPSve
months. He was now sporting a thick brown beard. His eyes were dark, likely not104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq88u26c1U
getting enough sleep, and it appeared as though Kiara was pregnant with their104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndkf0zrc5G
first child. She was looking at Vander with a worried expression on her face.104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqvvEMA2Io
Eliza’s face was unreadable, but he detected some concern in her eyes. He104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawXwwxHSuA
didn’t want to give anything away, so he just kept his eyes focused straight104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JEdeTCc25
ahead.
He noticed that the four Warden’s104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36LhNS1ldy
from the other regions were also in attendance. Jewelthorne looked bored, as if104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoveT4la1a
he had been forced to be there. Valyrian looked at him with disgust while104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQJasqpiRH
Whitesun, the one he knew the least, looked at him with interest. Mari looked104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yqgaFMLlO
at him with a small smile, as if she was telling him that everything was going104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZ63A0G9bW
to be alright. Despite her demeanor, he felt that it was going to be everything104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvZo1LDQWh
but.
“You know why you are here,104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXsWAa7eCr
Vander, Blade Captain?” Cuvera’s voice echoed through the room.
“Yes.” Vander admitted. “I am104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwYhzc33Cm
accused of killing Malcolm and Jeffery Jilena.”
“Last night you were also seen104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrgTA2T9Y3
fleeing from the northern district right before Humi, Humjir’s head priest, was104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzMnifS41q
found dead.” Cuvera explained.
“Humi died?” Vander was104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNiZjW5G3z
disappointed. He had hoped that the guards would have gotten there in time, but104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQ3270joOZ
he guessed wrong.
“What do you have to say for104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6o0LZ6K8J
yourself?”
“Innocent on all accounts.” A104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10168hLN89
collective gasp went up from the council members. Anna Jilena looked like her104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoD2EGpYK3
head was about to explode.
“I’ll give you a chance to tell104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3gSEuc4AL
your side of the story.” Cuvera said. “Explain to me how Lord Cranton saw you104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SOKNFzPqm
kill my father, us all watching you flee the room in a hurry, then finding104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9DHXq2CHE
Jeffery Jilena dead on the ground with his throat cut.”
“I see.” Vander sighed. “Must we104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdMSSPLD9m
do this in front of them?” He motioned towards the council. “I’d rather just104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCsO6eOBbp
talk to you alone.”
“So, you could kill him?” Peyton104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdrlv0Fot7
laughed. “I think not. You’re the criminal here, you don’t get special104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRPwMxivfX
treatment.” As much as he hated to admit it, Peyton was right. So, he told them104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH02xRUag1
what had happened.
He started by talking about what104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN7XfcmGmL
had happened in the catacombs when Cuvera went to visit his mother. Boar had104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmlAFeKgg5
come to him in a vision, telling him to grab the book on the gods that Malcolm104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBBBd2I3Ro
had shown him in his office. Not bothering to question his ancestor, Vander104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e2XQG0UYh
waited until everyone was distracted before sneaking into the library and104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoP3mhOlkg
grabbing the book. Malcolm had seen him, but before either of them could say a104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5muy73N0uO
word to each other Peyton had run him through with a sword.
Peyton didn’t even flinch when104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qnZUGMbKL
Vander pointed at him, and while some of the council members looked at him104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29irBUnFtv
sideways, Vander could tell very few believed him.
After that, he ran away because he104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY369O8r14
knew Peyton would blame Vander for the deaths even though he had nothing to do104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTi8MjkbeB
with it. Jeffery had found him on the lawn but had asked Vander to knock him104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJWKMbjXFh
out then escape. Vander punched him in the stomach before jumping against the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqYsemxqhw
wall.
Topal whispered to the council104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpgIxAxAYt
member next to him, but it was so quiet that Vander could hear what was being104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpQKfmIrJy
said.
Vander continued. He fled to the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoJqhhypUa
Orange Fox because he knew the stigma surrounding the place would keep him safe104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R6Cifue2A
while he could figure out what to do next. For three months he used the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jojIpPbGm
resources available to him to track down and find the Serpents, however he104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1p6snZ6znM
didn’t go into too much detail. He killed seven of them, then discovered a note104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgmjDEhDSN
sending an assassin known as Fang after him. Afterwards he went to talk to Humi104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJ0RmlOc2c
when they were attacked by an assassin. He told Vander to flee while holding104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P8ZNJ5DqO
them off, but he guessed he didn’t last much longer after that.
“Then you found me two days104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30TbXOLlDv
later.” Vander finished. “That’s all that happened.”
“Seems whoever you talk to just104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHQh0ToW5Q
seems to be killed.” Peyton said. “There is a pattern here, Vander, I’m not104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorWZq9cND0
sure if anyone else can see it, but I can.”
“I also agree with Peyton.” Anna104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVogs4ZWUPp
Jilena seethed. “My son is dead because of you. Your story of what happened is104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqS4SHpJkf
nonsense. My son’s throat was cut, there no question there.”
“If I may.” Topal raised his hand.104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHD4jojTw5L
“When I did the autopsy of Jeffery, I noticed some discoloration around his104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPS0gfFZlM
diaphragm along with some bruising within his lungs. To me, it seemed as though104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rfuSUyLCF
he had been struck five minutes before his throat was cut. There also wasn’t a104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwthuRtqhPb
blood trail leading from the body to the wall.”
“He killed him!” Anna screeched.104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsI0z2yNwX
Bickering broke out amongst the council members causing Cuvera to stand up from104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9y4XEAVi2
the throne.
“Take him to the dungeons until we104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdn3abjbBG
get this settled.” Cuvera instructed. Bowing his head, Eric placed his hand on104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGrlnIvu4A
Vander’s shoulders. Sighing, Vander stood up allowing himself to be led towards104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksw2SRHNNS
the dungeons.
Before Eric handed him over to the104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGmEwvtE2C
jailers, he made Vander face him.
“My son, Jeffery, he respected you104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhd5FKRbA1
a lot.” He spoke. “For his sake, I hope your innocent.”
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“I am.” Vander nodded. Perhaps104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FaUKvbVk4
taking some solace at that fact, Eric gave him a small smile. He snapped his104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrj9X2L91d
fingers. The two jailers walked up, grabbed Vander’s arms, and brought him to104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa3sArnRqi
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and very little warmth. The slammed the door shut, covering him in darkness.
