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Chapter #3
The Weapon
by: Unknown
The guards let the pair pass without incident. Pleased, the faelan could barely contain his excitement. It took a great deal of effort to keep up the act of a faithful mount. The humans' blind trust was laughable. They considered the faelan beautiful and harmless. They would never learn to see beyond surface appearances. That short-sightedness would be their downfall.
"Come, Starmane, we must hurry. The war is coming," the human muttered.
Of course, the faelan -- whose name was Khar'rith, not Starmane -- knew this. In fact, the stupid female was the one who would allow that war to come. She had just unwittedly walked these people's doom through their front gates.
She believed that she had valuable knowledge. And she did, actually.
The female was a mage of some small skill who had taken it upon herself to scout out the enemy. When she had come across Khar'rith, caught in one of Cardac's traps, she had rescued him. He had then allowed her to ride him. Under the cover of darkness, he took her into the air and to Cardac's castle. There she had discovered the lord's plan to smuggle a weapon into the city; a weapon that could collapse the magic barrier surrounding it.
What she did not know, was that the Khar'rith was that weapon. He had purposely waited, only pretending to be trapped, for her to rescue him. He then took her to the castle. The guards -- magical creatures that even Khar'rith was wary of -- had purposely ignored her as she crept through, and had informed Cardac when she was in position to overhear him. And then she, the fool that she was, had made best speed back to warn this city of their danger, bringing with her the very doom she was trying to avoid.
It was so beautifully planned, so treacherous. Khar'rith loved it.
He trailed behind the idiot female as she hurried down the street. So confident in his loyalty, it never occurred to her to watch him. As they passed an alley, Khar'rith jumped into it. Hopefully the female wouldn't notice his absence for awhile.
He hurried down the alley, wanting to put distance between him and his former companion. He cursed the rain, for it kept him earthbound.
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