FIC: Bard of Pain 5/7 (original gen prisonerfic)
Title: Bard of Pain - Chapter 5 of 7.
Author: Dusk Peterson (Website and blog).
Series: The Three Lands. You don't need to have read the other stories in the series to understand this one.
Category: Original fiction. Male/male platonic feelings.
Rating: PG-13 for violence.
Summary: In the battle-weary lands of the Great Peninsula, only one fate is worse than being taken prisoner by the Lieutenant: being taken prisoner if you are the Lieutenant.
The story so far: Having turned from murderer to merciless torturer, and knowing that he will receive no mercy from the gods for the deeds of his life, he now strives to keep himself from committing the final act of betrayal.
Warnings.
Available formats: Free: HTML (online; click on the link and scroll down a bit). For sale: DOC, LIT, PRC, RTF, TXT, and MP3 (audio book).
He had always feared fire the most.
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