Detective Liam Niles: The Diarium of Lady Tauna Drake- Second Edition by BONITA HIGHLEY - HTML preview

In the courtyard, the lit anchored torches lined the castle’s outer stone walls. The flickered flames spewing out its smoldering smoke out into the afternoon sky. The atmosphere of heavy misty fog surrounded the battlefield.

The king treads to his outdoor double throne, stands poised having Tauna sit next to him. In the distance, his army of five knights awaits his orders, stood in front of their opponents, swords men Liam, Trey, Devon and Treman. “Let the challenge commence.” The king shouted out.

The king’s knights hurl their swords attacks upon them.

Liam and Trey parry in defense, thrashing their swords back at them.

Devon and Treman spring into action knowing full well it’s a do or die situation.

Trey, furiously swinging his sword at the yet another coming knight, slams to the ground.

Liam, ferociously bashing his broadsword at his opponent, slicing the knight’s fighting arm, the wounded knight in battle retrieves the courtyard, then falls the ground.

The remnant battlefield of a once long ago medieval scene resurged, as another one and two knights with embattled deep flesh wounds surrendered dropped to their knees, then collapsed flat onto the ground. Sweat acuminated upon their faces. The accumulate mixture of smoke and fog colliding obscured the visibility from the spectators, seeing only flashes of their steel swords clashing as two more knights fell to their wounded disposition.

Liam, simultaneously bashing with full thrust, crippling the last of two of three knights left for injury.

Devon’s eyes grew impressed of his father with pride. “AWESOME.”

Treman, with the last knight’s direct hit at his leg, instantly immobilized unable to fight back.

Trey, seeing his son fall to the ground, in terrified fear of losing his son, in fury, charged at the knight about to strike him down, thrusted his sword, slammed hard at the knight’s back, the knight instantly crashed to the earth.

Treman, taking the searing pain, like strong valiant man, stood in awe of his father.

The battle won, is over. In a long moment of time wait. Tauna began to stand from her throned chair in view of them. Her eyes widen in suspense. Her family watching for any movement through the haze. In the strength of endurance, Devon with his cousin Treman, clutched together emerges out from the thickly condensed smoky haze, first with a bloodied faced limps.

Trey, second to come out from the smoky mist, bloodied bruises on his face, but valiant.

Tauna sees trey, but her eyes do not see Liam as she waits vigilantly. In a long moment of time her heart in suspended animation.

Liam ,with all valiant gallant gentry, last one from out of the smoky mist, like in the mist of time, he comes out from the shadows to see his brother, son, nephew come out in safety, in his own chivalrous strength, slight smudge of blood sweat face, in steady breath, but unwounded, continues to keep going after Tauna, his noble Lady in rescue.

King Edwin, seeing Liam’s determination.

Tauna, seeing Liam in victorious stride, takes a step toward him.

King Edwin, not willing to take defeat, grabs her arm tight with one hand, takes his other hand to wrap tightly around her waist.

Tauna, struggling to pull away from him. “LIAM!!!” She hollered out to him.

Liam, with unwavering integrity, continues his quest.

King Edwin, with a scowl. ” I will not be conquered! You, Niles will not win!” Whisking her away, taking her back with him into his castle.

Liam, with a wry mouth, strategically proceeds onward going after Tauna.

Tauna, in her continue struggle to free herself. “KING EDWIN!! YOU HAVE LOST!!! LET ME GO!!!”

King Edwin takes her to his throne, places her into her would be throne.” It is not over yet. There is still yet another challenge! I want you and I shall have you!!”

Liam, followed by Trey, Devon Treman, who were then followed by Connor, Bren, Lauren, Breyen, a family of close means, Dayn goes to King Edwin’s side, stands behind his throne.

King Edwin, stillness. “Dayn, you will fight Liam.”

Dayn, gearing up to the king. ”Sire, and what shall be my reward, if I win?”

King Edwin, in quiet decision. ”You have given your oath to me for years. Does your own castle sound right to you? ”

Dayn, with a sly smugged grin. “King Edwin. You are most generous.” As he steps in front of Liam, his sword at hand.

Liam, annoyed to see Dayn in poised position in challenge to him. “King Edwin, Why is this imbecile in front of me?”

King Edwin. “Because, he was found in discovery, to destroy me and take Tauna and my kingdom afterwards. And now his consequence for doing so. Do what you will with him.”

Dayn, veered at Tauna.

Tauna, giving Dayn a look of daring satisfaction.

Dayn, in teeth gritting outrage, plunges at Liam.

Liam, quickly held up his sword to parry, as they held each other’s position once more. “I’ve had ENOUGH of you. “ Liam, thrusting his foot at Dayn’s abdomen, seeing him stunned-bent, slams the flat sword at Dayn’s final blow to his back, seeing him fall to the floor. Barely moved.

King Edwin, very pleased, stands from his throne instructs his peasant to remove him from his kingdom. “Well done Detective Liam Niles. You have destroyed my enemy from within. For that I am most grateful. But yet, I am not fully satisfied. I have no heirs to my name. I am the last of my line. I am in desperate need for a queen and heir. I must have Tauna. She will be my queen. If you want her back, you must fight me to the end.”

Liam, lingered in his endurance. “ I’m not leaving without my noble Lady.”

King Edwin, slowly takes off his long robed cloak of kingship, lay it onto his throne. “ Very well then. May the best man win.” Taking his hand, extracts his sword from scabbard, ready.

Two men of equal height and structure, of highly skilled swordsmen gathered, stood focused before each other.

King Edwin, suddenly hurled his broadsword at Liam.

Liam, quickly lift his broadsword, parried at his in defense, then swung back at him

King Edwin, blocked the hit. Ferociously swung again.

Liam, furiously swung back at the king.

King Edwin, thrust his weapon harder at Liam.

Liam, once again, swings his sword at the king, not yielding.

With every direct hit of clashing clinks of their swords at each other in vigorous defiance, the constant bashing of their competing swords at each other as both cold steel blades collided in paused crosswords. Strength against strength, endurance against endurance.

Liam, shoving him off, resuming the challenge.

Moment by moment, one sword hurled at the other swords opponent’s head, blocking hit after hit, parrying from side to side in nonstop adamancy. The loud clashing of steel to steel clinks of embattlement between them filled the atmosphere throughout the castle’s room.

In their one on one combating formation, thrashing their weapons at each other in fury to that final goal. Tauna as king’s queen, or Detective Niles’ noble Lady retrieved.

The king, steadfast in his kingship to obtain for his future queen, unwavered. Continued his mightily thrusting and swinging at Liam.

Liam, in growing weariness, with clenched-gritted teeth and the last of his strength endurant heavy breath, pressed onward to his goal of victory for Tauna. In furious swooped swing of his thick-blade sword, bashed a direct straight hard hit at the king’s sword, breaking the king’s sword’s blade in half, as the blade bit flung to the floor, as he continues with all his might to swing hard and fast, never be defeated but to unwaver to stay strong.

The king, in shattered stance, pressed on to what’s left of an uncertainty.

The family watching in gripping intensity of the outcome.

Liam, giving his last once of mighty strength, not giving into the king’s request, furiously swooped his sword once again at the king, a direct hard hit, ripping the king’s sword from his now quickly defeating hands. Liam, with a loud last huff, leveraged a last thrusting hit at the king’s back beyond recovery, once again, with a heavy thwack the last heavy strike, as the king fell to his knees in lost defeat.

King Edwin, in such breath catching opened mouth, briefly gives Liam an expression of dis hearted acceptance, completes his fall flat to the floor.

Liam, in a magnitude of heavy breathing weariness, finally lowers his sword to his side in victorious valiant stance. The great master Detective Liam Niles of The Chivalry Chapel, the kneeling knight has won his victory!

Tauna, standing amongst herself, a loving relief spread across her face as she began her sprinting journey toward Liam, taking her hand, she began to dismantle her queen’s would be accessories pulling out her dripped diamond earrings, taking off her royal headband, down to the last of precious gems, flinging them to the floor, drops, her braids unbridled, vanished. Then running to him fast approaching, whams in his arms as his reward, his clutching her, never letting go, as he falls to his knees with exhaustion, looking her over for her protection in chivalry.

Tauna, falling with him, grappling over him with her caressing loving hand upon his face of devotion. Their foreheads bonding.

Bren, covered her mouth with her hand in self comfort, Connor, stood to witness, Trey, Lauren, the two boys witnessing.

Tauna, ever so helping him, grips his clothing to get him back

up onto his feet from never defeat. Liam clutching her face with his gentleman’s hand of cherishment, the gazing of two and the kiss only in fairy tales could be told, commenced by only his robust hands upon her face. A love that with never be quenched, but will be forever told.