Now this tragic event had crushed the King's spirit but his will for revenge and the urge to kill were only heightened, he looked up at his Admiral of the Navy and commanded him "Vasha, my loyal subject, and faithful friend, ready my ships, alert the sailors, General La Quint assemble my army for their orders to march! For this cowardice act of Odessa.., is a Declaration of War!"
"Yes my King!" both men shouted in agreement and obedience going off to prepare the men for battle.
"Call for my physicians! Bring out my priests!" Vyakles cried to Lacuna and Lucia Vega as he tried to shake awake his dead wife.
Lacuna and Lucia Vega knelt down in the earth with him, holding the cold lifeless hands of their brave Queen, their friend of thirty years "Vyakles.., no." Lacuna said in a whisper as tense as wire "You have to let her go." Lacuna cried for the first time in anger and grief for such a devastating loss of life.
"There is no medicine, there is no spell which can call up the dead." Lucia Vega said softly taking his bloody hands off the corpse and into her own as she stared into the heartbroken man's eyes. "We have three of the Themiscyran marauders in captivity. Amarra and Kayla are torturing them for information as we speak."
"I promise you Vyakles! We will clad ourselves in our armor, saddle our horses and take up our swords and fight! WE WILL bring back Princess Sparta, and that coward Odessa.., WE WILL KILL!" Lacuna said vowing to the king with all confidence of the goddess Athena.
"Do not fear Vyakles! We know where they are going, we know the secrets of our walled fortress." Lucia Vega informed him saying "Fear not for the safety of your daughter! For it goes against all Themiscyran law to harm children, the punishment is death. Your child will remain safe."
Here Vyakles gave an angered bewildered look as his eyes flashed with fury "Not harm children!? This is your code of Law!" with tears for blood staining his cheeks he yelled "Then what of MY CHILD! That has now died inside of my dearest THERA, in the belly of my DEAD WIFE!?"
Shocked into silence this news swept over the women like an icy wave. Then Lacuna stammered "She.., Thera was.., with child?"
Vyakles cried out "YES!" as he collapsed in a heap, covering Thera with his body, weeping.
"Damn the Fates!" Lucia Vega cried her eyes on fire with burning rage "When the women of Themiscyra hear this, they will gladly kill Odessa themselves."
"We will send out our riders with this abominable news. I guarantee you they will not fight for Odessa! We can, and shall, defeat her! We will put to the sword, and spear, all those who have served her this night. There is no escape from our vengeance! For Odessa, and all those who came to fight alongside that Barbarian Queen, no longer have the right to life!" thus Lacuna spoke loudly and boldly, as thoughts of the total annihilation of the Nation of Themiscyra were in the King of Sparta's head as the cold wind blew carrying away the spirit of Queen Thera to the Land of the Dead.
"Yes my King!" both men shouted in agreement and obedience going off to prepare the men for battle.
"Call for my physicians! Bring out my priests!" Vyakles cried to Lacuna and Lucia Vega as he tried to shake awake his dead wife.
Lacuna and Lucia Vega knelt down in the earth with him, holding the cold lifeless hands of their brave Queen, their friend of thirty years "Vyakles.., no." Lacuna said in a whisper as tense as wire "You have to let her go." Lacuna cried for the first time in anger and grief for such a devastating loss of life.
"There is no medicine, there is no spell which can call up the dead." Lucia Vega said softly taking his bloody hands off the corpse and into her own as she stared into the heartbroken man's eyes. "We have three of the Themiscyran marauders in captivity. Amarra and Kayla are torturing them for information as we speak."
"I promise you Vyakles! We will clad ourselves in our armor, saddle our horses and take up our swords and fight! WE WILL bring back Princess Sparta, and that coward Odessa.., WE WILL KILL!" Lacuna said vowing to the king with all confidence of the goddess Athena.
"Do not fear Vyakles! We know where they are going, we know the secrets of our walled fortress." Lucia Vega informed him saying "Fear not for the safety of your daughter! For it goes against all Themiscyran law to harm children, the punishment is death. Your child will remain safe."
Here Vyakles gave an angered bewildered look as his eyes flashed with fury "Not harm children!? This is your code of Law!" with tears for blood staining his cheeks he yelled "Then what of MY CHILD! That has now died inside of my dearest THERA, in the belly of my DEAD WIFE!?"
Shocked into silence this news swept over the women like an icy wave. Then Lacuna stammered "She.., Thera was.., with child?"
Vyakles cried out "YES!" as he collapsed in a heap, covering Thera with his body, weeping.
"Damn the Fates!" Lucia Vega cried her eyes on fire with burning rage "When the women of Themiscyra hear this, they will gladly kill Odessa themselves."
"We will send out our riders with this abominable news. I guarantee you they will not fight for Odessa! We can, and shall, defeat her! We will put to the sword, and spear, all those who have served her this night. There is no escape from our vengeance! For Odessa, and all those who came to fight alongside that Barbarian Queen, no longer have the right to life!" thus Lacuna spoke loudly and boldly, as thoughts of the total annihilation of the Nation of Themiscyra were in the King of Sparta's head as the cold wind blew carrying away the spirit of Queen Thera to the Land of the Dead.
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