ASIN: B00CBJXP7S
Publisher: One Fine Day Reading
Pages: 25
I regret that it was not a clean kill. It was not quick and easy as I had intended. Most likely the blade only half severed the windpipe which is why he did not expire quicker. It is clear I still have a lot to learn about killing and my master would have considered this performance to have been barely adequate. Still, at least the deed is done. I put the knife away. My sleeve is soaked in blood. I wipe it against my front then slip silently from the woodshed, closing the door behind me.The Executioner and his apprentice are summoned to despatch a former servant of their master at a country castle north of York. But when the castle is besieged by an embittered noble the two are trapped with the defenders and soon discover the prisoner may be their only hope of survival.
