Traitor’s Gate
The steps that lead to the entrance to the Tower led one directly to a pier. Thus, enemies of the Crown could be transported by boat to imprisonment. The Princess sat in an open skiff with rain falling on her bare head. When one of the guards tried to hold his cloak over her, she pushed him away and shouted, “How dare you!”
When her eyes fell on the grey stones of the Tower, she felt her stomach sink. Fighting against the waves of despair that poured over her, the Princess began to pray. “If you want to help,” she told the guard, “then pray for me.”
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Good flash fiction!