BLOOD POWER

Bandit leader

" Are you okay? Did she do anything to you? Show me your arms" my father grabbed me and started inspecting me with a worried face

" I'm alright" I sighed recalling the mythical story she had just told me. Why did she tell me not to forget it ? And why the bloody hell should I remember her face or her? More particularly, why did she tell me the story? She was the leader of a bandit group.

At the moment, my seven year old brain couldn't handle that much influx of questions I kept asking myself. It just gave me some migraine.

I stared hard at the direction the woman left with her numerous bandits. The fact that she didn't attack us left me suprised and mesmerized. Wasn't that what bandits do? Steal and kill

" What were you doing with the bandit leader, huh?" My father shook me out of my reverie

" She just told me a story" I said " throughout the whole night it seems"

" the most feared bandit in Neval kingdom just told you a story? Why would she do that? why didn't you wake us up?"

" I tried but you were snoring so loudly you didn't hear me slap your faces" I rubbed my eyes. It appeared to me that I felt very sleepy now but it was morning already and the last day of the journey to the market at the neighbouring kingdom.

" I'm fine, alright? You don't have to worry. She didn't attack me or harm me in any way, she just gave me a weird story and that's all that happened. I even never knew she was a bandit leader until those heavily armed terrifying huge men and angry women followed her into the forest"

" Let's just be glad that the bandits didn't attack anyone this time" Jack held my father's shoulder and smiled.

My father stared at me for a minute longer then sighed as he went away to prepare our horses

" First the soldiers and now a bandit leader….I have a bad feeling about you my son" he mumbled

Jack followed him and helped him harness the horses to the cart. After everyone was fed, we left and we were among the first on the caravan of farmers to move. That meant that we wouldn't have to wait for long at the gates of Donob kingdom. I slept on our cart along the way.