Melegal grinned. “No, not me. As it turns out it was a very close relative. I spent years proving it.”
Venir slapped his kneecaps. “I’d like to hear this tall tale, but I’m leaving.” He stood up and rubbed Melegal’s head. “Enjoy your little castle. It’s been nice knowing you, Melegal.”
“What’s mine is yours, Venir. Take what you need.”
“A fine horse will do.”
“That’s all?” Melegal’s face tightened. “Slat, I knew it would come to this. You just can’t sit still and smell the blackening roses, can you?” He kicked off his shoes and frumpy clothing. In seconds he stripped down to his customary vest, shirt, and trousers. He placed his floppy cap back on his head. “Let’s go then.”
“What? You’re coming?”
“Yes, by Bish, I’m coming. Rayal!” Melegal called out. “Rayal!”
Rayal Kling came running into the throne room with a lovely dress hitched up to her ankles. Her belly was full, and she had the glow of pregnancy about her. “Venir! You’re alive!” Her hug might have broken a lesser man’s neck. Finally, she backed off, eyeballed Melegal’s attire, and said, “What do you and my husband think you are doing?”
“We are going to visit Kam and Erin.”
“You aren’t going anywhere. You have five children to rear and one more coming.” She stuck her finger on his nose. “Don’t you dare think you are going on some adventure!”
“You have a family?” Venir asked with a perched brow.
“Royals have to breed to keep the line strong. It’s a long story.” He gave Rayal a kiss and caressed her belly. “I miss you already.”
“Who’s going to run the castle in your stead?” she said.
“You and Ebenezer can handle it. As if you aren’t doing that already.” He pushed Venir along. “Let’s go, lout. Good-bye, love.”
Inside the stables, they readied a fine horse and Quickster. “Why do I get the feeling that you want to leave more than you let on at first,” Venir said.
“The throne room is a prison. Let’s get the Bish out of here.”
“Fight or die,” Venir quipped.
“So be it.”
***
After many weeks of travel, Venir reunited with Kam, Erin, Brak, and Chongo. Jubilee, Georgio, Lefty, Nikkel, Billip and his wife Joline were among them. Fogle and Jarla with their three long-faced children showed up too. The celebration lasted in the City of Three for weeks. From a distance, Trinos laughed and cried. The Darkslayer’s adventures never ceased, in Bish or in the worlds beyond.
FROM THE AUTHOR
One Million words later…and the underling menace is finally gone! I told you they wouldn’t be easy to get rid of. I have to say, when I published the Darkslayer way back in 2010 (now it’s August 2017), it didn’t envision it going this long, but I’m certainly glad that it did! More importantly, I want to thank all of you that have stuck with me all of these years. I mean it! It’s your emails, Facebook posts and such that has kept me going. I will admit that I did get sidetracked with too many other projects, but aren’t you glad it didn’t end years ago?’
With all of that said, I still don’t plan on putting The Darkslayer on the shelf by any means. Most likely, I will do an earlier series of books when he was younger. I just feel like the story isn’t complete and I want to ad in a new beginning. Venir and Melegal started with a history, and I touched on that, but now I want to tell the full story. It’s a ways off, but it will happen. Plus, I have some other story lines that I want to do. More than likely I will do some one-shot adventures with Venir, Melegal and whoever, getting into all sorts of trouble again. I hope you’ll still be there with me.
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