And just when Harold thought it couldn’t get any worse… – Birds on the Blog

And just when Harold thought it couldn’t get any worse…

He looked down at the head of his brother on the ground.

The betrayals you face when you rule a country are seem never-ending, even from the people you trust.

“Sire?”

The softly spoken words jolted him back into the moment.

“They’re coming Sire. The ships have left”.

Harold  wearily sank to his knees. So much blood.

March his tired men from Stamford Bridge? Repel the Normans on the beach of the south coast?

The sun peered through the clouds. A sign?

“Saddle up! We’re going pummel the Bastard back to Normandy”

He marches south to his date with destiny.

Bayeux tapestry

This post is part of the 100 Word Challenge by Julia Skinner. The post title is the prompt.

About the Author Sarah Arrow

The creator of "Birds" Sarah is one of those women who works hard on her marriage. She married her childhood sweetheart, Kevin Arrow, and they're enjoying their happily ever after. They live and work from home together. Their teenage daughters are National and International Martial Arts champions, and they believe anything is possible with discipline and focus. They adopted a German Shepherd. She's very vocal. You may hear her on a livestream. Sarah reads a lot. On average reading around 5 books a week. Shes also enjoys bingewatching things like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, How I Met Your Mother (Ted tells some story...), Grey's Anatomy (Bring back Cristina Yang!) and NCIS (Where's Ziva??).