Like a Prayer
By Pelaam
The sound of his heels hitting the stone hallway rang out as Kieran stamped angrily towards his study. He clenched and unclenched his hands in counterpoint to his footfalls, and his deep sigh echoed in the emptiness. Tonight will be long and lonely.
The sigh was a mix of anger, sorrow, and frustration, Kieran turned and, with a change of mind, headed out to walk along the curtain wall. He trailed his fingers along the parapet. He stopped and stared out over the forest.
He’d had the small castle brought over from Ireland and rebuilt brick-by-brick. The nearby townsfolk were more than happy with him for having created a tourist attraction, even though that hadn’t been his intention. But it paid to keep the locals happy. He even allowed visitors onto his grounds wh
