Chapter 142: Book 3 : Chapter 9

Only minutes later, I was sat in a silent cell with no source of light other than a burning torch on the wall of the hallway. The back and side walls were constructed from sturdy stone whilst the front was cage-like metal bars with a padlocked and chained door. On the other side of the bars was a singular guard stood up straight and staring straight forward.

"So what did my mate do to you?" I asked him hours later when I was at a point of boredom in which I was willing to talk about anything that would entice him into speaking. The other cells around me were empty meaning he was my only company.

"Don't ask questions you don't want to hear the answer to," he replied bluntly.

"I'm not one to shield myself from the truth," I said. "I ought to seek to know more about my mate and the father of my children because he certainly didn't tell me himself."

"Very well. He did the usual. Killed a member of my family and made me watch. I was 12 years old at the time," he replied casually.