Day 113 Ruminating And Writing

Dove

The dove rose high upon the burning kingdom, released from the remaining tower. He lifted his hand, and his men stopped their attack. It was the sign he had been waiting for days now. The old bastard had been too stubborn to surrender. He would rather have sacrificed all his subjects than have let himself hang. The old kook had changed his mind in the end, or he was already dead. That happened to kings who got too greedy.

He waited for the sign of surrender until he marched his men in...