“What would you do for your King?” a boy asked.
That boy was dressed to the latest fashions and was a head shorter than Marc. However, the tone in that voice came to those accustomed to commanding their lessers. Marc disliked the boy for that reason alone.
There was something off about those eyes. They were devoid of the signs of innocence expected for someone so young, as though a witness to too much death. Marc later learned that the boy had been De Prins Lutgarde de Tongres, a Belgian prince.
De Prins was decidedly ugly, with a distorted face that his blond hair and blue eyes could never compensate for. Namely, big teeth, and an unusually developed jaw and nose… Probably, trying to keep it in the family…
“I have no king,” Marc replied.
Disclaimer: This excerpt from Man of War is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth.
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