Blog #3: Crown Duel

I forgot to mention in the last post that Bran, Mel's brother, is struck with an arrow and Mel believes him dead. Well, a few pages into the next chapter, we fine that after the struggle with Debegri Shevraeth kills the king and aids Bran back to life. I am still frustrated as ever with Mel! She thinks once again, "I was also, therefore, intensely aware that my life was now in the hands of people I had considered enemies not two dawns ago. Did they still consider me one?" (Smith 195). I have an overwhelming urge to chuck this book out the window and yell, shut up, Mel! But the tale itself, keeps me reading and wondering what will happen next. Their plans for overthrowing the current ruler go awry, even though they did succeed in killing Debegri, the military leader. Mel explains, "There's no use in talking about the plan, because of course nothing went the way it was supposed to. Even the passage of time was horribly distorted" (Smith 197). The group of rebels meet up with Galdran, the king of their land, and faced a fight. Mel is knocked unconscience but is told the whole story after she awakes in a wood gatherer's cottage. Shevraeth killed Galdran. Mel and her brother recieve all of Galdrans earnings, making them fabulously rich. PART 2: Mel stays at her palace, away form court, while Bran stays with Shevraeth and all the court pricks Mel hates. Bran returns home with a fiancee and Shevraeth. Mel is surprised. Mel is forced to go to court to marry off her brother, all the while..... DUM DUM DUM falling in love with the Marquis!! He sends her love letters, although Mel has no idea who they are from. (Shevraeth! Shevraeth! Shevraeth!) Mel replies and falls in love with the mystery man. (Shevraeth! Shevraeth! Shevraeth!) BUT the Marquise of Merindar presents a problem; the Marquise has her eye on the crown because no one has taken Galdran's place yet. Of course the land and villages all wish to see Shevraeth as king; for he has been charitable and clear minded and has his military advantages.
So, here it is, there is a crown duel.