Chapter 6

Chapter 6

After what seemed like forever we came to a clearing with a huge wooden gate in its midst. It was guarded on both sides and on top by Necromancer soldiers like the ones from our meeting place. “Ave reginae ad omnes.” They all chanted in unison, opening the gate and letting us through. It seemed they always greeted their King or Princess with this phrase. Very formal.

Once inside the gate I saw a cobblestone road with gothic looking cottages lined up and down both sides of the street. There were multiple streets branching off with more cottages. It looked as if all the businesses were stationed along this straightaway, and the homes were along the branched off roads.

I noticed all the Necromancers who saw us walking down the road stopped to stand at attention. I was used to this, my covens did this as well. These people were extremely formal.

The main road went on for quite a way, a couple of miles at least. I watched as it ran into another gate. This one was made of wrought