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Chapter 95: Just On The Horizon

Chapter 95: Just On The Horizon

Jareth slowly closed the locket, tucking it safely. His gaze lingered on the horizon for a moment longer, the weight of his memories pressing heavily on his chest. 

"Good," he replied, his voice steady and cold, as though the wind had stolen his emotions. 

He stood up, the red of his cape snapping sharply in the breeze, his armor glinting as the last of the sun's rays caught it. 

He turned and walked toward his waiting troops, their faces hardened, reflecting their resolve. 

He'd spent years preparing for this moment—the moment when he would take everything from the emperor that had stolen his happiness, his future, and his love of his life.

Jareth reached the front of his army, his second-in-command, a grizzled knight named Bran, falling into step beside him.

"You ready for this, Bran?" Jareth asked, his voice a low rumble.

Bran's eyes were shadowed, his expression unreadable. "As ready as I'll ever be, sir. We all know what's at stake."

Jareth stood tall before the gathered knights, his red cape fluttering in the wind as the last rays of the setting sun illuminated his determined expression. 

His voice then rang out. 

"Brothers and sisters of the Order," 

"I stand before you today not as the disgraced general of the emperor's army, but as a knight—one who has sworn an oath to protect the people, not to serve the whims of a tyrant."

"For years, we have bent the knee to a man who has brought nothing but suffering to this empire. The emperor's cruelty, his thirst for power, and his indifference to the cries of the innocent have plagued our land. How many lives have been torn apart? How many families shattered? How many dreams crushed under his iron fist?"