Chapter 18

Fiere moved through the passageways avoiding the guests and arrived in the royal garden. He slowed his pace and wandered at length between the trees and blossoms gradually making his way to the royal mausoleum. The guard outside came to attention quickly recovering from what was probably considered the most boring post in the keep with very few visitors to attend to.

Fiere asked the guard to unlock the mausoleum and stepped inside.

He crossed over to his mother’s sarcophagus where he knelt in silence before standing and then lying over his mother’s resting place.

He still cried every time he came here which, he told himself, was not often enough. He missed his mother dearly and longed for her presence. She had always had such wisdom which she shared willingly with him. She was perfect for his father and tempered his r