Geuszey's 100-word story for May 21, 2025

Geuszey wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 21, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

James made some small adjustments to angle, cranked the winch a few more notches, and held torch above the oil-soaked boulder. This was to be the first strike in what could be a very long siege. They'd never see it coming, those bastards. To think that mere months ago, they'd thought that the people in that castle were benevolent, that they actually cared what was happening in the rest of the kingdom. But all had since been made clear. Lord Bloheart rode back and forth before the line of trebuchets, rallying his people. The next princess WOULD agree to marry.

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