SILENCE
chapter 1
villager two
look there he goes ms. Ashton's son that boy is as pretty as a girl.
villager one
I know right I wish my daughter was half as pretty.
villager two
his skin is so clean and baby-like and his complexion.
villager one
he is the envy of all women.
villager two
too bad he's a mute.
villager one
I guess you can't have everything.
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
huh? what's going on at the square?💭
Kings man
by order of the King, each household must send a male representative for the upcoming war.
The crowd of villages: oh god a war.
didn't we just come out of one not too long ago?
this King only knows how to create trouble.
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
a war? and each house have to send a male, but there is only me and my mom in my household.💭
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
oh sh*t I'm registered as a male.💭😱
Kings man
tomorrow all the representatives must be here by the time the sun settles in the middle of the sky.
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
I have to tell mom.💭
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
because of my grandmother on my father's side, I have lived all of my life as a boy because she wanted a male to continue our family name but unfortunately for me, my tween brother died at birth so my mother decided to say that I did not make it instead.💭
Ashley Ashton
you are back quicker than I thought....what happen way are you like this?
she wrote all that she had heard.
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
mom?💭🥺
Ashley Ashton
I'll tell them tomorrow that you are not well that you can't go, yes, yes that is what I will do.
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
🤔 will that work?💭
Ashley Ashton
you need not worry mommy will see to everything now run along and get the things I need.
she nodded and went on her way.
chapter 2
Ace Westin
is that everyone?
Kings man
No sir, the Ashton family has not sent a member.
Ace Westin
How many males are there in that family?
Kings man
one sir, he has just turned seventeen according to the record.
Ace Westin
we will have to go for him, follow me.
Ace Westin
Good day, ma'am we have come to collect the male member of your household that will be going to war.
Ashley Ashton
please Sir my son is not well.
Ace Westin
what may I ask is wrong with him?
Ashley Ashton
he is a mute sir, what good can a mute by to you?
Kings man
you don't need to know how to talk to hold a weapon.
Ace looked at him and he went silence.
Ace Westin
please bring him here.
Ashley Ashton
Please Sir, please he is all I have.
Ace Westin
I am sorry but I have orders. Please bring the boy here.
Kings man
do you know that we can put you to death for not complying with the King's order? get out of the way I'll get him myself.
before he can put his hands on her Linda came out.
Ashley Ashton
why are you here I told you to stay inside?
she handed the man a piece of paper.
please do not hurt my mom I will go with you.
Ashley Ashton
Lindor, I'm sorry, so sorry.
she kissed her on her cheeks and left.
Ace Westin
ma'am, I can not promise you that he will come back alive and I will do my best to see that he does.
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
mom, I will come home please take care of yourself.💭
Timothy Boston
why are they being the mute along?
soldiers talking: don't you think that the last but that we went for is pretty?
yeah, I thought he was a girl.
me too
will his mother look like she was a beauty when she was younger.
you think he has a sister?
that will be great.
chapter 3
Nathan Alberto
when are the recruits are due to arrive?
Dennis Rodman
a group is due to arrive tomorrow.
Nathan Alberto
which group?
Nathan Alberto
didn't go to Rima which is one of the remote villages in the north.
Nathan Alberto
he never ceases to amaze me.
Dennis Rodman
I wonder at times if he is human.
Dennis Rodman
not that I don't also wonder that about you.💭
Nathan Alberto
you're one to talk.
Soldier: we should stop to give the horses are rest we have been running none stop for more than half a day now sir.
Ace Westin
let's stop here, you all have 30 minutes to rest.
The recruits: is this man human?
Ace Westin
how are you feeling?
he looked at Linda who remained on the wagon.
Linda Ashton(Lindon)
I'm okay so far thank you for asking.
Ace Westin
you should get something to eat we still have a way to go.
she nodded and went to get food.
Ace Westin
he is too small to send on the battlefield, I will have to talk to the prince and see if there is something he can do on the campsite.💭
some soldiers: he is so small and cute like a girl that it makes you want to disrobe him to see if he really is a boy.
I know what you mean, is a man supposed to be that pretty?
hahaha, he sure is cute even I have remained myself that he is a boy.
Ace was listening to them.
Ace Westin
hurry it up I want to be on the road as soon as possible.
A soldier: didn't he say 30 minutes.
Ace Westin
is there a problem?
The soldiers gut up from where they were sitting and stood at attention.
Ace Westin
I thought I heard a problem.
The soldier: no sir there is no problem here sir.
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