Balder Ex-Libris

Authors : Slavros Alexander - Chapel Charles
Title : A squire’s trial
Year : 2015

Link download : Slavros_Alexander_-_Chapel_Charles_-_A_squire_s_trial.zip

"Ahoy there!" I turned around at the strange greeting and saw a man briskly walk toward me off the highway road and down the path to the storage house. It wasn't rare that we got visitors all the way out here as customers from the city would often come by to check in on their goods or deal with the boss when his job demanded he stay here, but they all arrived by personal vehicles, whereas this stranger that approached me was traveling by foot, moreover he wasn't approaching from the direction of the city – exactly how long has he been walking? As he grew closer I realized that he may have traveled quite the distance. He was clad in black military-looking clothes, dust and dirt from the road covering his boots and pants up to his knees, a severely scraped and scratched knee-guard on the right leg. A sizable back-pack, a jacket with rolled up sleeves and a loosely tied scarf on his neck, and everything had pockets full of something. The more he approached the more the little details began to spring up, like some custom patches over his clothes, marks on his knuckles and some scars. ...