Epilogue
“Open it up,” Braddock snapped. One of his guards obediently stepped forward and unlocked the steel door. He leaned heavily on it and pushed. Metal hinges groaned and shrieked as the heavy door swung open outward. Sunlight forced Braddock to shield his eyes as a strong, cold wind blasted into the room, kicking up centuries of undisturbed dust.
Squinting, Braddock stomped out onto the small terrace carved into the side of the mountain that had long ago served as a watch post. From below in the valley, the watch post was invisible, as it had been intended to be. A small wall enclosed the terrace.
He laid his hands on the wall and looked down. Vrell Valley spread out before him in all its green, bountiful grandeur. He had spent much of his youth in the valley, for once the land had been his people’s. After the Compact … no longer.
“This brings back memories, my Thane,” Garrack said, emerging onto the terrace and leaning against the wall.
“That it does.” Braddock glanced over at his oldest friend and closest confidant before turning his gaze back down on the valley below. “That it does.”
They were silent for a time, both lost in their own thoughts. A strong gust of wind swirled around them.
“Evil has entered our valley,” Braddock said sadly, breaking the silence, as he gazed down upon the great citadel guarding the pass to the wider world. The humans called it Castle Vrell. His people called it something different. It did not matter. What did matter was what was coming.
“The clans are assembling as called,” Garrack growled angrily, for he had also spent his youth here. “For the first time in three centuries, we field a unified army. You will cleanse this valley of its stench and restore the Compact.”
“That I will,” Braddock affirmed, slamming a mailed fist down upon the ancient wall. “Before our gods, I swear it!”
End of Book One
About the Author
Marc Edelheit was born in New York State. After graduating from college with a Masters in Education as a Reading and Writing Specialist, Marc became a teacher and ultimately a middle school administrator. He is currently an executive in the healthcare industry staying up late at night to work on his novels. Marc is also the host of a successful (free) history podcast 2CentHistory.
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I hope you enjoyed Stiger’s Tigers. It has been my pleasure to introduce you to the first of Ben and Eli’s adventures … picking up oddly enough somewhere in the middle. A positive review would be awesome and greatly appreciated as it affords me the opportunity to focus more time and energy on my writing.
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