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minister. It is time.”
    Minyon climbed to his feet again and walked
his patron to the entrance. Axon and Eela fell right behind — until
the doorman blocked them.
    “Not you two. I have my limits.” He stuck a
chop stick in their path, a skewer of yellow and black.
    They pushed back.
    “So!” said the sentry, reacting in kind. He
didn’t give an inch this time.
    “You may recognize the head Guard’s pike. I’m
sure he’d be pleased to have me use it. A little blood might shine
it up, once you’re polished off…”
    “Enough!”
    The elderwoman squawked in anger, flapping
her flabby arms in the air.
    The elderman smoothed her ruffled feathers
then calmly called off his prickly pair.
    “Axon, Eela — wait for me there.”
    Both bared their teeth but obeyed their
father as he vanished through the door.
     
    It was no more than a few seconds later when
Taan-syr appeared and stuck his neck out.
    “Serf’s up, coast Guard! Heed my call! Fetch
the captive and head for the hall.”
    “Aye sir!”
    “We’re all ears…”
    “Move your butts! And take the usual
short-cuts.”
    The two saluted and set right to it,
whistling while they worked. Their tune was something childlike,
except for a hint of darkness.
    John Cap, just unchained from the ground,
blinked as he turned to face the sun. But he had a surprise when he
opened his eyes. “God, you’ve got to be joking dude.” He found
himself drowning or swarmed, all surrounded, up to his lids in
demon kids.
    “Now I’ve really seen everything…”
    There had to be hundreds draped in black and
hooded each wielding a hatchet or axe, the menacing kind with
half-moon blade as sharp as the edge of night and day. Row after
row in an eerie array… They lined up like children of the corn and
began an enchanting chant.
     
    Charming prince, hi ho hi ho
    Be our clown you tight-roped fellow
    Or we’ll try you circus-style
    And laugh your ringing head off too
     
    Now, big bozo, have a snooze…
     
    As they sang, they spun John Cap like a top.
He could do nothing to make them stop.
    “Why don’t you dwarfs go find Snow White
instead?”
    It made him dizzy, woozy, and sleepy — a
feeling strange and foreign to him.
    “Somebody… set my alarm for seven…”
    A wave of them swept him from his feet and
carried him off to meet his fate.
    “This, my friend Boxbo, is some
demonstration.”
    “New classic, Ixit. A de-Cap-itation!”
    The mouth of the great tent yawned wide open
and into the belly of it they went.
     
    Four young flowers of the Keep wilted in the
loveless heat. Petal to petal they clung and wept. At last they had
no dew drops left.
    Words were their only consolation.
    “O captain, my captain, your trip is
done.”
    “The man of my dreams is good as gone.”
    “Good knight, sweet prince — it’s over
now.”
    “Johnny we hardly knew ye…”
     
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    To be continued… Look out for the next
exciting episode of Lore of the Underlings !
     
     
     
    About the Author
    John Klobucher is the author of many
technical manuals that you’d never want to read. But he is also to
blame for Lore of the Underlings , this ill-advised epic
adventure that’s available to you in tasty little episodes, with
new ones coming — farm-fresh, organic, and cruelty-free — every now
and again. (For more behind-the-scenes news and nonsense, hie thee
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    John has also been known to paint a little,
including the watercolors used in the cover art for Lore of the
Underlings .
    John lives in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
with his wife Diane, son Sam, and daughter Mia.
     
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    Other ebook titles by John Klobucher:
    Lore of the
Underlings: Episodes 1 & 2 ~ A Door to the Lore
    Lore of the
Underlings: Episode 3 ~ Fyryx
    Lore of the
Underlings: Episode 4 ~ The Letting Pen
    Lore of the
Underlings: Episode 5 ~ Into the Pit
     
    Print titles by John Klobucher:
    The Lore Anthology
     
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