The Kingdom of the Emerald Hills

Alice's curved dagger slid through the throat of the Royal messenger....blood the color of wine pooled and bubbled briefly at the man's throat. Taking her delicate finger she began to inscribe the message on the door to King Sutra's own personal study...she must be quick for he would return soon.

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall....Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
all the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put poor Humpty
back together again

Just a bit of fair warning.....something to think about

Love....Alice"

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The Dark lord sat in his prison of oblivion....watching through the mirror of Alice's eyes. She had always been good at creating diversions and ambushes. This time was no different.

"Why her my lord? Why not one of your trusted Death Knights? Or more reliable servants? Why this crazed witch who seems to be intent on toying with the King of Hearts?"

"Because almost a millennia ago..I made her a promise that if she became my servant, I would let her have her revenge on the King of Hearts...this poor fool is just paying for the sins of his predecessors. Her goals coincide with my own. Do you know the best way to subdue a village?"

"No my Lord"

"you bring in a rabid tiger...and loose it on the village. Wait a few weeks, let it eat some people, then come in and tell the frightened people that you will deal with the threat. They will follow your orders blindly because of their fear. After a time, they will become accustomed to following your orders, and the village is yours. So then you take your tiger and move on to the next village"

Once again, Alice snuck to the door of the King's private rooms...his study this time. She smiled, elven blood had such a sweet fragrance, she was sure he'd recongnize it. Her disguise as a maid of the keep wouldn't hold up for long, she must be quick. Dabbing a finger in to the pot of blood she carried she began to write:

They told me you had been to her,
And mentioned me to him:
She gave me a good character,
But said I could not swim.

He sent them to a world I had not gone
(We know it to be true):
If she should push the matter on,
What would become of you?

I gave her one, they gave him two,
You gave us three or more;
They all returned from him to you,
Though they were mine before.

If I or she should chance to be
Involved in this affair,
He trusts to you to set them free,
Exactly as we were.

My notion was that you had been
(Before she had this fit)
An obstacle that came between
Him, and ourselves, and it.

Don't let him know she liked them best,
For this must ever be
A secret, kept from all the rest,
Between yourself and me.'

all my love
Alice