The rate of speed which the king used in responding to Zach was so fast. Eric was about countering it when he accepted the challenge. So he looked at Zach who had told the king to increase the number of men that would fight against him with very annoying eyes that showed his inconvenience with the decision.Zach read the meaning behind those eyes and whispered to him, "Don't worry, you will be fine. I believe in you."But Eric was more pissed by the words that he should not worry, so could not hold his peace anymore, for he had to speak out. "I am to face this trail, so I do not accept it.""Eric....!!!" Zach stretched his name."What??!!""You can not forfeit this trial.""Yes I can. Why would you ask that I face four men at a time? Have I fought against two people before at a time yet you talk of fighting four?""I believe in you. I have taught you all that you need to know." "Well, I say, I haven learnt all that I need to learn."So King Luca had to come in, seeing that the argume

His words were pleasing to king Luca Cole as he will still have to persuade Zachary to come with them to the castle, but those were not pleasing to Zach, he was very disappointed that Eric had chosen to stick to his words and make king Luca continue to bother him."Zach, you have heard from him, he wants you to come with us to the castle. You will be safe there." Luca said.But Eric had to come in because Zach had gone short of words, it was obvious he could not argue again with the king. "Your majesty, please do not misinterpret me. If my master does not want to come with you, I don't want to go with you either. I will appeal that you bear with us. I think for the time being, the best place for us to stay is here in Hillcrest. Maybe in the near future, we will come to the castle as you have asked. We have our reason, my heart tells me that it is not yet my time so when my time comes, I shall join you in the castle without you coming for us.""It is your safety I am after here. The dr

Eric was quite confused because of the rate of speed which he used in entering the house after hearing those words. He was eager to know what came over him to have caused him to move with great speed, so he followed him instantly.Entering the house, Harris had gone to bed, he had waited for so long for them to come back into the house, yet they tarried outside and in accordance to wait Eric told him before joining Zach outside, he chose not to follow them.Since he was fast asleep, Zach did not disturb his sleep, he chose to let him wake on his own when it was morning and then they could talk about this before their departure from Hillcrest. When Eric saw him come to meet Harris sleeping, and with the way he stared at the teenager while he slept, he kind of understood the reason why Zach had rushed into the house. Now that Zach had chosen to sleep and wait till the next morning, they both went to bed.First thing in the morning, when they were all awake, Zach said to his son. "Harri

From the boldness in his demand, the soldiers knew that with their actions, they would never scare him, so one of them who was not focused on him earlier had to turn to him and say. "Who are you?" "Are you the captain of this troop?" Zach asked, facing the young soldier that had questioned him. His reason for answering with a question was because he does not look like a captain, even from the way he spoke, he did not have a commanding voice or tone. Even the man that had asked them to stop in the first place had a more thick and threatening voice than him."We lost our Captain, so I'm in charge,'' the man answered as he drew close to Zach looking him in the eyes.Zach wanted to laugh because he did not imagine the young soldier to be the one to assume the rank of the captain even if the actual Captain was among the fallen. He held himself from laughing and then looked at the other twenty four men to see if anyone would counter the words of the soldier but none did as he was expecting

King Luca was yet to get to his chamber after their return from the blacksmith's workshop. He was getting feedback concerning the just finished battle at some location in his kingdom from a captain that just returned, when Eric and Zach came to meet him again.Even before they said what had happened, he had read from their faces that all was not well. So he told the captain he was discussing with to excuse him for a moment while he attends to Zach and Eric. "What happened? You don't look bright.""It's Harris. He is missing.""Impossible!" Luca exclaimed with total doubt. It will be stupid of him to believe the report immediately sknce there was no report of conflict in the castle while he was away."We would not be joking in matters like this. We have looked for him in all the places he could be, yet to no avail." Eric said."You vowed to ensure his safety," Zach reminded him."Of course, I will keep to my word. There is no need to panic. He will be somewhere around the castle, there