Midwinter Town: A Novella
He was alive, somehow, but still he was alive.
Another souvenir, he thought, I needed one more. What’s a one new scar?
The creature stumbled and fell. It was dead. He continued down the road. A group of riders scouted the road. They prepared.
II
The rides appeared from the tall grass, flanking the approaching army. The horses were swift; the archers were precise. One by one, on the opposing end, they were falling to the rapid arrow fire. The arrows themselves were of the type that pierced the hardest armor, so it was easy to break the tithe formation of the Haladan.