Chapter 90: Recruits

*Shadrach's POV*

I rode back to Erica's castle and stopped at the gate, swallowing and contemplating if I should truly enter. My body was shivering as the cold night's hair stung into my nostrils. 

Going in will mean…something.I wasn't sure what would happen. I wasn't sure what I was going to say or what was going to happen, but what I knew for sure was that I wouldn't come back out of these stone walls the same way.

I drew in my breath and led my horse towards the gate. A guard came to ask for my name and the purpose of my visit.

"I am Shadrach. I came to see your queen."

"The Queen,the guard said, staring down at my soiled boots. "Doesn't accept anyone."

I frowned. "Send a message to your queen. I don't want you to lose your job over such a trivial issue."

The grumpy man nodded and sent someone to the task.

"Will you like to wait under the shade?"