The Trojan Icon (Ethan Gage Adventures book 8)
“I pleaded that they not imprison my family and was ignored. I suggested there was a monstrous misunderstanding and that a second audience with Louis would clear up all confusion. No one would even reply. We were given our laundered traveling clothes and marched down a servant’s stairway and deep, deep, into the bowels of Jelgava Palace. At a windowless cellar where the only illumination was from candles, we were pushed into a barren room.
A heavy wooden door with small grilled window slamme...d behind us.
“So much for royal patrons,” my wife said.
“Well, he’s not a king yet.”
“Be patient,” our jailer said through the grill, and I thought he meant Louis’s ascension. But then he said, “The Prussians will be here soon.”
So we were boxed for delivery to Von Bonin. What foul luck. Lothar must have told Louis about the swords.
The three of us stood dispiritedly.MoreLess
A heavy wooden door with small grilled window slamme...d behind us.
“So much for royal patrons,” my wife said.
“Well, he’s not a king yet.”
“Be patient,” our jailer said through the grill, and I thought he meant Louis’s ascension. But then he said, “The Prussians will be here soon.”
So we were boxed for delivery to Von Bonin. What foul luck. Lothar must have told Louis about the swords.
The three of us stood dispiritedly.MoreLess
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