Beyond The Darkness: The Light That Pierces The Darkness

Three weeks has passed now and I’ve finally got a lead that reveals on where my family's killer’s whereabouts are ,so now I’m traveling to where his/hers most recent activities are near; which are in the mountains of Masyaf, southern Israel, so my family’s killer has traveled a great deal just to harm them; but the location is where my order is, but it hasn’t been there for ages, not since the great battle were my brothers of the order were all killed by one of our own who till this day have not been found, so it might've been him, but that's impossible, he wouldn’t have survived out here ,because the land is barren and unforgiving filled with dangerous ,and poisonous animals that would’ve killed and mutilated him; but then again our brothers were skilled ,and highly trained killers ;and the killer went through them like a knife through fabric, so there’s still a chance that he survived, and was looking for me, because I’m the last of my order, but if he was still out there he better know that I’m ready for him and I’m coming for him. When I reached the castle on which served as my order’s headquarters was found badly weathered and reclaimed by the wilderness and the flags of the castle weir tattered by years of harsh weather, the fabric of everything else weir  in the same condition as well.
 
 But then I saw him the one that killed my family, the rogue hunter …. It was Nathan my brother; now I had put the pieces all together. He never approved of me quartering Claudia especially when I quit the order for her, and he was the one who knew all of the tactics and moves of our brothers in the order. Even if he is my brother by blood, his actions are still unforgivable especially when he butchered my family; all I can say is, He will die.

Even if it kills me, that I swear, “So Dante, how’s the family? “Said Nathan with a smirk. “You don’t have the right to speak you traitor!! You butchered my family, killed our brothers and for what? Jealousy?! “I said angrily “You're one to talk, you left our order for some peasant, you are the real traitor Dante I’m just serving the order like a good soldier, oh wait. They’re all dead! My bad.” said Nathan with a little giggle. “I’m going to butcher you Nathan, you’re just a sick demented piece of trash just like the scum we use to hunt, and you make me sick!!”I began to fill up with rage and then I made the first move, I threw four of my throwing blades two of them stuck him. One in his side, the other in the heart. He jerked back; then without any hesitation I drew my dagger and drug it deep into his throat. He gave me a look of pure evil, a bloody smile, before he struck the ground with hard thump. I didn’t bury him nor gave him his last rights because a man like that doesn’t deserve any of that, so I just left his corpse there and traveled back home knowing my family can now rest in peace, for I have avenged them; and I now can live in peace knowing that, but I returned to their graves, and replaced they’re old flowers with new ones; And told them silently, “My family is my life”.    

Richard Ocejo 
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