Returning
Something seemed strange when Aalen returned to her village in the heart of the forest. She had been on the borders of their land helping repel an attack from the humans. It was too quiet and Aalen couldn’t see any sentries hiding up in the trees with her sharp eyes. Then Aalen cried out dropping to her knees in despair.
In the centre of the village where there was a natural colonnade formed by a double row of trees were all the villagers hanging from them. All of them dead.
The attack on the borders had been a diversion.
Joanne Fisher
This was written with the prompt of colonnade from the January 17 Flash Fiction Challenge by Charli Mills of Carrot Ranch.
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Sad! Bet vengeance is next on Aaelen’s to-do list.
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I reckon!
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She has failed her people. When shall she find redemption.
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What a devastating moment for a warrior to return to! Sharp story-telling, Joanne.
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Thanks 🙂
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Yikes!
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She had been deceived by her opponents. now revenge is on her plate.
https://ideasolsi65.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-homecoming.html
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That’s tragic. I feel for her. 😦
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