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Chapter 4I looked up from the fire that we had made, glancing over at the six mounds in the ground that were the rough graves of those men who had attacked Taillye. I shook my head at the thought of what they would have done had I not shown up. I looked over to Taillye who didn't seem shaken what so ever. "So, where did you learn to fight like that?" I asked her curiously. "Oh... nowhere... my dad was just a soldier in the army and we traveled a lot... so he thought me how to look after myself." She answered, looking up at me, then setting her eyes on the bow by my side. "You really know how to shoot... you dropped those three guys in what...

Chapter 3A few hours later, we were sitting around a small fire as I began making some coffee with the little supplies I had. I saw Taillye look up at me with curiosity on her face. "I've been thinking," she began, "What did you mean before when you said 'You still have much to learn'? Are you going to train me? What do you have planned?" She began to ask with a look of concern in her face. "Don't worry, I'm not going to take you anywhere, but I am curious…" I trailed off as I looked around. "Yeah? What?" She asked impatiently "Nothing… it is time to sleep." I said sternly "Fine then…" she replied, looking down, obviously not too pleased. ...

Chapter 2I awoke the next day, to see young Taillye asleep next to me in my sleeping bag. I got up off the rough dirt, dusting myself off. I looked down at the poor thing, she was exhausted. We had another run in with bandits 20 minutes from the town where I found her.--I spun around at the sound of rapidly approaching horses."Oh no, not again" I sighed "Who?" Taillye asked as she turned around. "The ones who attacked your village, keep going, I'll handle this."She continued riding as I knelt down, as if I was looking at something, my hand dropping straight to my sword, ready to strike in a moment's notice. I heard them running towards me,...

Chapter 1That was years ago. I'm 19 now. I still have dreams about that day. But that is behind me. I live mostly by myself now, staying away from villages or settlements, only going in if I need new supplies. Then one day that was like any other. I was riding along a road towards a large village. Then I recognised that all too familiar smell of wood burning. I put my horse into a run, hoping to get there to help, so someone didn't have to live like I am now.Almost an hour later, I arrived, only to find my worst fears come true. An entire village being burnt to the ground. I could see a group of 10 marauders in the distance. I grabbed my b...

PrologueAll I can remember from that fateful day is me running, into the forest, hearing the screams and yells of my village being burned down. That day started out like any other normal day, my mother leaning down smiling at me. I can still picture her beautiful face framed by long black hair that tickled my face."Come on sleepy head, time to get up" "Mum, do I have to?" "If you don't get up, you won't be getting any presents"That day was my birthday. I can remember getting a new bow, it was much more powerful than the one I had before. I got some new clothes. I remember opening my last present, and a look of absolute joy broke out on my ...