Chapter 26: Duel [1]
[Note: I have changed Iris’s appearance, so don’t get confused by both having same hair and eye color. Now, she has silver hair and amber eyes.]
The next day came quietly.
Another dull sun broke through the clouds, casting pale golden light through the narrow window above Alaric’s bed.
His eyes twitched open.
A sigh escaped his lips.
Another day.
He pushed himself up and rolled his shoulders, still sore from the hard mattress and yesterday’s work.
But pain was familiar now. Tolerable.
He stood, stripped off his shirt, and stepped to the side of the room, where a barrel of water waited.
Splashing his face, he grunted and wiped the cold droplets away with a cloth, then dropped to the floor.
"1... 2... 3..."