The Hands of Time
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Unknown Chapter 36 Alec woke up at first light desperate for a piss. He looked over at Valerie, and his heart turned over. She looked so pale and drawn; dark smudges visible under her eyes. She was terrified, and it was all his fault. He could have played down the threat to Finlay the night he came back from Plymouth, but he decided not to. For one thing he wasn’t thinking straight after getting into a tavern brawl; for another, he just needed to share his grief with someone. People w...ho had known his brother for years were calling him a traitor and a whoreson, eager for his death. He had no choice but to respond to the provocation, and it actually felt good to feel his knuckles crunching against someone’s nose, or seeing blood spurt from a busted lip. He didn’t care if he got hurt; it relieved some of his fear and anger, but not for long. Once he finally managed to extricate himself from the fight and head for home, all the tension of the past few hours returned tenfold, making his heart race and his blood boil. A part of him wanted to beat Finn senseless for getting embroiled in the scheme, and the other part wanted just get to him and hold him close, protecting him from what was to come. If the gossip was accurate, the conspirators had been betrayed, their names sent to the authorities with the details of the plot in an anonymous letter. Finlay’s name had apparently been on it, and he was arrested along with the others. Regardless of who came up with the plot, they were all guilty and would be dealt with to the full extent of the law, which was too horrible to contemplate. Alec knew perfectly well what happened to traitors, and his chest constricted, making it difficult to breathe, when he thought of what might be awaiting his hapless brother. There was absolutely no chance of a pardon, it all coming down to the actual death. If he was very lucky, he would be beheaded or hanged, if not, he would suffer the ultimate penalty for treason. Drawing and quartering was reserved for High Treason, and regicide definitely fell into that category. The condemned would be hanged by the neck until he was almost dead, then cut down and revived, to the cheers of the bloodthirsty crowd. The second step would not commence until the poor sod was fully conscious once more, and aware of what was happening. He would be laid out on a table, where he would be disemboweled and his manhood severed, his entrails and cock thrown on the fire before his eyes. If the victim did not die of shock by then, he would be beheaded and his body chopped into four parts, which would be displayed around town as a warning to would-be traitors. The thought of his brother suffering such a gruesome death made Alec ill, and he held on to the wall, his knees buckling under him. He looked to see if he had woken Valerie, but she was still asleep, and he was at least grateful for that. She needed her rest.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Unknown Chapter 36 Alec woke up at first light desperate for a piss. He looked over at Valerie, and his heart turned over. She looked so pale and drawn; dark smudges visible under her eyes. She was terrified, and it was all his fault. He could have played down the threat to Finlay the night he came back from Plymouth, but he decided not to. For one thing he wasn’t thinking straight after getting into a tavern brawl; for another, he just needed to share his grief with someone. People w...ho had known his brother for years were calling him a traitor and a whoreson, eager for his death. He had no choice but to respond to the provocation, and it actually felt good to feel his knuckles crunching against someone’s nose, or seeing blood spurt from a busted lip. He didn’t care if he got hurt; it relieved some of his fear and anger, but not for long. Once he finally managed to extricate himself from the fight and head for home, all the tension of the past few hours returned tenfold, making his heart race and his blood boil. A part of him wanted to beat Finn senseless for getting embroiled in the scheme, and the other part wanted just get to him and hold him close, protecting him from what was to come. If the gossip was accurate, the conspirators had been betrayed, their names sent to the authorities with the details of the plot in an anonymous letter. Finlay’s name had apparently been on it, and he was arrested along with the others. Regardless of who came up with the plot, they were all guilty and would be dealt with to the full extent of the law, which was too horrible to contemplate. Alec knew perfectly well what happened to traitors, and his chest constricted, making it difficult to breathe, when he thought of what might be awaiting his hapless brother. There was absolutely no chance of a pardon, it all coming down to the actual death. If he was very lucky, he would be beheaded or hanged, if not, he would suffer the ultimate penalty for treason. Drawing and quartering was reserved for High Treason, and regicide definitely fell into that category. The condemned would be hanged by the neck until he was almost dead, then cut down and revived, to the cheers of the bloodthirsty crowd. The second step would not commence until the poor sod was fully conscious once more, and aware of what was happening. He would be laid out on a table, where he would be disemboweled and his manhood severed, his entrails and cock thrown on the fire before his eyes. If the victim did not die of shock by then, he would be beheaded and his body chopped into four parts, which would be displayed around town as a warning to would-be traitors. The thought of his brother suffering such a gruesome death made Alec ill, and he held on to the wall, his knees buckling under him. He looked to see if he had woken Valerie, but she was still asleep, and he was at least grateful for that. She needed her rest.
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