Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-eight: Between Two Evils

Pete watched terrified as his parents were thrown in front of the attack line. He looked at his mother whom he knew loved him no matter how twisted her love for him could be and his father who irrespective of the compelling evidence that they might not be biological relatives doted on him regardless.

"What do we do sir? We await your orders," Thoma, the head captain of Lord Creon's forte said into his ear.

"Let's hear them out first," said Pete.

"We have a rule at the forte we must follow: we do not negotiate with the enemy," replied Thoma sternly and Pete could tell that the man meant to abide by what he had just said, strictly.