![]() ![]() Looming over them was a bronze bull statue, liverspotted with patina. The sound of their jangling cuirasses and greaves whirred his heartbeats into a hum. Human monsters carrying seventy pounds of steel. Today, they blockaded every intersection and postern gate. He’d never seen a royal soldier in his life, not here, in the frigid alps of the northeast. The soldiers were like a swarm of blowflies there. His mother had warned him to avoid the heart of town, especially Champion’s Square. ![]() Not even the beggars with their empty bowls lingered under the archways. A water jug balanced against his thick wool himation, the outer garment on his shoulders. ![]() His bare heels skidded against the unpaved streets, plashed across puddles in his haste. Once, these were great buildings of ivory and marble. Jaime Pappas ran between Ptolemy’s Library and the Prytaneoin, headquarters of the town administration. Website: Email: cannot overcome this storm.’”Ī royal lochos of five hundred soldiers had arrived to Mount Alairus, and by the end of the day, one family would burn. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. ![]()
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