Heart of the Hunter

Please Enjoy Chapter 22

Valedain nodded. “So you learned the ways of a
knight from that?”

Peter sighed. “From that, perhaps a little. From stories, mostly. There were troubadours who would travel the land. The Church had forbidden them to perform as they used magic and were outlanders. But they would set up their stage in the deep woods, and I would steal away from the farm to go. It was an open secret where they were. And once there, I cut my teeth on the stories of knights of old. Sir Eoin, who rescued the Queen of Lunargen and helped restore her to the throne. Sir Karn who, with his dragon lover killed the dark lord Solphar, then became a star. Dame Angren and her sword of faith.”

Valedain nodded. “And yet they were just tales. You know now, as an adult, that bard’s tales and the truth are rarely the same thing.”
“Aye, but that doesn’t matter. The fanciful I know. But I know that there is a better way to be, a higher standard. There is justice. There is mercy. There is honor and there is duty. These aren’t fancies. They’re real. They breathe and they live. In me, if nowhere else.”
Valedain nodded. “In me as well, Peter. In me as well.”

Special Thanks This Episode to Cynthia for Editing Companionship, Teesa for First Listen, Hope Evey for her encouragement and her voice on the intro.

 

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