Goodbye, Magnus

Magnus

One year ago.

I slipped through the sprawling kingdom like a ghost, an unseen phantom treading over the rich earth until I laid eyes on my ultimate mark. The deep, dense brush of the royal forest provided the perfect camouflage, swallowing my massive frame in cool, unbroken shadows. I stood still, my breathing shallow, my gaze locking onto the child laughing in the sunlit clearing a few d