DEVOTION - THE WEEPING MONK [PART 2 COMING IN AUGUST 2023]

CHAPTER EIGHT

"What?" He asked. Gwen faced him concerned. "Are you healers? Hm?" She widened her eyes, looking at him.

"Well, I am-" he interrupted when somebody rolled out the inner ground. "Squirrel?!" She widened her eyes, disbelief. "Gwen!" He immediately yelled running towards her. "What are you doing here?" She asked leaning back. Squirrel smiling cheekily. "I'm here to rescue you."

"I ordered you to stay back at camp." Gawain immediately replied, frustrated. "He is alive." Arthur spoke up, she turned her head to see up-head. Squirrel held her hand, she walked over to see through the hole seeing Bergerum breathing, gasping.

"We have to save him," She argued. "She is right. Bow. Give me a bow!" Gawain demanded. He took the bow getting ready to shoot, when he let go. He sighed in defeat. She turned to see once more, to see the weeping monk.

"What is it?" Squirrel asked. Gwen tensed up, the monk who held them but freed them. "Go on. Go back downstairs!" She told Squirrel who widened his eyes, shocked. "Gwen. I want to be here with you?" He replied. Gwen knew he couldn't see the man who held them captive, and killed people they both loved.

"Listen to me. Go!" She ordered. "But-Gwen!" She turned around refusing to see him anymore. After a few minutes, she turned to see if he was still there, he was gone. She sighed in relief, she needed him safe. The weeping monk is here.

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All three them watched in silence. As the weeping monk began speaking. "Surrender the Green Knight, we'll let the rest of you live." She watched through the hole, how he threw Gawain's helmet onto the floor. He then began to grab Bergerum standing up straight.

"He's lying," She harshly replied. She fluttered her eyes between both men beside her, who seemed lost and confused.

"Come now, Green Knight, how many more will you suffer for your crimes? You see, I'm a patient man, and I'm willing to wait for you. But I will need to occupy my time." The weeping monk taunted then. Arthur and her held onto Gawain, refusing for him to leave and risking his life is so willing.

"Let me go." Gawain struggled. "No. No way." She repeated those same words he said to her much earlier. He stopped staring into her bright blue eyes, shocked. Arthur interrupted their moment, "You said before, had you gone down there, there'd be two dead Fey instead of one."

"I don't care." Gawain changed tone. The weeping monk began speaking. She turned once more to see the monk through the hole, pulling out a knife, . . Blade.

"Let me explain how this works, Green Knight, though I'm sure you can recall. To give you enough time, I'll slowly cut this fellow to pieces." She gulped seeing the monk, holding the blade. "I can at least take a few of them with me!" Gawain argues. "Who would that save? Not Bergerum. Not those poor souls downstairs." Arthur tried to reason with him.

"I don't care!"

"Then you're a fool!" Arthur replied back, frustrated enough. She watched in the distance trying to figure out something. "If you try to stop me again, I will kill you." Gawain spoke flickering her eyes between both of them. They stared into the ground how the monk twisted Bergerum guts, as he yelled in pain. Gwen couldn't handle it anymore. She looked through the hole, "Stop! Stop! You don't have to act this way!" Immediately, Arthur pulled her back into his arms. "Gwen!" Arthur spoke, softly. Gwen looked about to burst in tears. "How many more? Arthur? How many more innocent people have to die?" He held onto her, their eyes widened when they saw Gawain heading towards the door opening it. Gwen ran towards him but Arthur pulled her back. One of the other Fey closed the door immediately, before they could attacked inside