fairytales
fairytales
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21.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-06-18
I am well aware of your repute as a warrior," it snarled, "killing many men without blinking an eye. What makes you think you can now turn your back on this and become a key seeker? I say once a...
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22.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-06-21
My knees were shaking as I walked up to Conqueror and swung onto his back. The great horse snorted, saying that he had warned me, but I just smiled and let him lead the way. I had faced myself, an...
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23.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-06-24
We located a trail heading in the general direction of the pass, and started up. The slope was gentle to begin with, but after a day of climbing, it steepened, and then the weather turned bad. Bef...
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24.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-06-27
The huge structure was built into the mountain, actually appearing to be part of the mountain itself, and if I did not know that this was a community of key seekers, I would have sworn it was a fo...
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25.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-01
More years passed, and although the young man and I became the closest of friends, I could never tell him that his father was dead . . . or that I was the one responsible. All he could talk about ...
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26.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-05
Sahmad began the secret instructions, "Close your eye and pay close attention so that you can precisely remember these directions. They are complicated but essential, and any deviation could prove...
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27.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-09
Sahmad dispatched one of his attendants to summon a physician, while another stayed behind as an interpreter. Sahmad then instructed me to lie down, and he lit two large cones of incense, careful...
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28.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-14
I turned around and walked slowly to the stables. Conqueror knew that it was time to once again leave. We just began walking down the mountain when a soldier appeared without warning and raised hi...
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29.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-15
Conqueror limped stiffly but was always eager to begin a new journey, loving the spontaneity of adventure as much as I did. Occasional wafts of warm air greeted us as we made our way down the moun...
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30.
by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-18
Conqueror and I remained at our vantage point in the foothills until the weather exhausted itself. With the floods beginning to melt into the countryside, and with no signs of my enemies from the ...