chapter 26.2

Chapter 26.2

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When he had first met her, her electrifying smile had completely won him over. So too had her cupid-bow lips, her coral-black hair and her eyes of paradise-blue which glittered as clear as a mountain stream.

His wounds ached with pain and his left leg throbbed. Tap. A pause. Tap-tap. A longer pause. He felt an acute pain and a ringing sound filled his head. He tried to stay upright and summon strength and for a brief moment he did. Then his left leg betrayed him and he felt a hard rap above his ear.

“Man up, soldiers!” A sergeant called to plan on the prince of furies’ death.

He had Hercules shoulders and a hard stare. When he raised his voice, it was as loud as bottled thunder. He glared with contempt at the young recruits who were cowering in the trench.

A soldier called out to the sarge from the end of the trench. “Our men have fallen, sergeant Louis!”

Sergeant Louis cursed and leaned into the ear of the recruit. He said something to the novice and ma