![]() ![]() One moment he would be alive and breathing and thinking, and then he would cease to exist. But, no, these people would not bother with a noose. His gut churned like a twisting rope winding back upon itself. Loyalty and honor could only take a man so far. A flash of heat surged through his blood as an overwhelming anxiety breached his carefully constructed defenses. ![]() The brief respite he felt only moments ago for having reached his goal was short-lived, as the persistent doubts that had plagued him from the mission’s onset resurfaced. He reminded himself that if these people had a mind to end him, his weapons and all his years of training and experience would be worthless. He shivered beneath his damp cloak and shifted the bundle that was carefully tied about his torso as he repositioned the various weapons worn both openly and secreted beneath his padded leather armor. ![]() ![]() It was soft and passive, so unlike the aggressive sucking pops and sloughs of the mud pulling at his mount’s hooves. Tree branches creaked at the night’s gentle exhale. He had not at all been certain of the success of this mission, and if he had failed, he would not have lived to regret it. Relief washed over the weary rider as his destination finally emerged from the gloomy, moonlit darkness. Great leaders find those who are worthy of wielding power and set them to the task of making things right.” Great men seek to make things right and gather the power to do so. “Good men want only the power to make things right. ![]()
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