Reign of the Dragon King

Awakened

Written by

Bethany Mowdy

Copyright 2012 Bethany Mowdy

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Prologue

She waited, knowing that soon they would come.  Her knees were tucked tightly underneath her where she knelt on the bloodied earth.  Her hands covered her dirt, soot, and tear-streaked face; the pain within her very being was beyond what words could possibly describe.

The hair on the back of her neck stood on end, and the air around her grew thicker, telling her they had arrived.  She did not turn to see their approach.  She did not wish to see them at all.

“Well done,” she heard one of them say.

It mattered not which one had spoken.  To her, they were all the same.

She fought the desire to strike out at them with the bloodied sword still by her side that was only a hands length away.  “I have lost everything with this action that you have commanded from me.  Do not congratulate me by saying ‘well done’.  Your words are a poison, and I pray you choke on them.”