The folly of Marx's act earned him total resentment and demotion from the King's company. The king gravely pronounced Marx an enemy of the kingdom and until he could take cognisance of the event, he would have Marx kept a prisoner in the dark room. He declared Marx should be kept without food and water, and no one should converse with him under any circumstances. It was indeed vain for Marx to act in that kind of way; a preposterous act. But Marx was one of his most loyal servants, and he needed to be firm in his decision to not allow betrayal to go without punitive measures. He believed that others saw what Marx did and he had to ensure discipline in his realm to not invite treason and treacherous acts taken casually. The king saw his commands even cheerfully obeyed, appointing a guard with strict orders to prevent any food from being conveyed to the prisoner. He dismissed his friends and attendants, and retired to his own chamber, still furious about the birth of the twins not ste

The folly of the act of Marx earned him total resentment and demotion from the King's company. The king gravely pronounced Marx an enemy of the kingdom and till he could take cognisance of the event, he would have Marx kept a prisoner in the dark room. He declared he should be kept without food and water, and no one should converse with him under any circumstances.It was indeed vain for Marx to act in that kind of way; a preposterous act. But Marx was one of his most loyal servants, but he needed to be firm in his decision in order not to allow betrayal go without punitive measures. He believed that others saw what Marx did and he had to ensure discipline in his realm in order not to invite treason and treacherous acts taken casually.The king this saw his commands even cheerfully obeyed; appointing a guard with strict orders to prevent any food from being conveyed to the prisoner, he dismissed his friends and attendants, and retired to his own chamber, still furious about the birth

‘Send word out to Zamorah. Be discreet about it, I don't want no mistakes, let him know Marx is held captive and we intend to steal him out but we have to halt all plans for seizure of power for now.’ Khalodi instructed ‘But General it going to be very difficult to send such a message in writing without it raising suspicion among the courier workers,’ he replied.‘Zamorah is in town, he said he will be in town and I believe he is.’ Khalodi said.‘Okay General’ He saluted and was about leaving‘Use a raven, in his last letter, he said he will camp at the North side of the region, he needs to be aware of what's going on’ Khalodi said distinctlyYes General, he said while moving out.Almost immediately, there was a knock on the door.Come in! Khalodi shoutedA servant walked in and bowed, ‘the king requires your presence in Kingston Landing right now’I'll be there soon, Khalodi replied submissively.Yes General, he said as he walked out.‘You're one of the few loyal men I still have bu

She brought out the keys and dangled it in front of him.I can't believe this, you really… of all people? I'm offended and no amount of apology is gonna do the trick. Fuck!I'm sorry, just wanted to be sure I trusted you, Lateefah beggedWe've not got time for this right now, Marx needs to be out before sunrise. Khalodi heaved a sigh exhaling loudly. Pick all your things, we're moving now.Okay, are we good? Lateefah asked avoiding eye contact.Do you think we're good? I'm doing this for Marx and I'll treat Marx's sister as mine, if not-I said I'm sorry, Lateefah hugged him from behind. You really turned off your soft spot for me when I was put in with the nymphs, now you get really angry not remembering I was once your love.The more reason you should not have distrusted me knowing we go way back, Khalodi hit back.You once messed me up, Khalii, I wasn't the same again, Lateefah said releasing herself from his body.I did it for your good, for your safety, Khalodi criedYou did it b

Still groping in the darkness, he struggled until he felt the trap door. He scrambled his pockets and finally got the keys, his hands still shaking. He kept putting and removing continually, the bunch of keys for the whole building edifice, to open a single trap door in extreme darkness with fidgety hands. After spending more than five minutes on the lock, he knew he must find it faster for he could not lose a minute more. Following his sense of touch, he felt the cusp of the key and the number of teeth and believing he got it right, he stuck the key in and “brlack” was the sound that accompanied it. A huge sigh of relief followed, drenched in his sweat, he continued groping.He felt about on the pavement, then he heard someone whisper’I might as well help you if you're looking to beat Duraho's servants,’ the stranger said.What about Lateefah? Khalodi askedWell she's fine, the bleeding has stopped and she's safe, covering for me while I help you as quickly as possible, she spoke in