Red Fang Chapter 21

Davey munched on a carrot as he stared up at the trees. His legs ached, and he never wanted to walk another mile, not unless someone was forcing him at sword point. A sound on the road caught his attention, and he raised a hand to point at the lone figure approaching.

“Boden!” Davey waved at the priest from his spot in the long grass. The priest was wearing his robes once again, but the red heart had become a pink stain. “What’s he doing back here?” Dallon asked, putting down the cloth bundle and standing up. He was in the middle of sorting out the food delivery from the baron’s men and slapped at Boris’s arm as the big man snatched a wine pot from the pile. The giant grinned mischievously as he retreated to his spot on the other side of the campfire. “Boden, come over,” Davey shouted, and waved for the priest to approach. “I hope he brought more wine,” Samuel said, retrieving the other wine pot from the pile and glaring at Dallon before he could object. “We’re still in enemy territory,” Toli said from his spot just outside the circle, where he had been rereading a letter in the light from the fire. He folded the piece of paper and slipped it inside his jacket. “The baron might have welcomed us, but his men might think otherwise.”

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Nestled in the shadow of the Intraana mountain range is a vast land of marsh and forest. Rivers pour in from both the north and south flooding the region until it's more lake than land and yet it is home to more life than any outsider could imagine. Hidden among the reed beds are villages and farms, not all sited on dry land, some float. The villages of the marsh elves drift with the seasons, following the migrations of birds and fish, ignored by the humans as long as they don't get too close. A human king claims dominion and is ready to shed blood to prove it, not his but those of his men, marching them into the swamp to kill and needlessly die. But there are still places where people can hide from tyrants and create homes and communities of their own.

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