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    Book 1, Chapter One: Longing, Pages 31 and 32


    Hearing this news, my friends, imagine Alexander’s delight! The anxiety which has plagued him for months has sublimated into the thrill of a call to adventure. He brushes his hair back gleefully and marches forward.

    “Perfect!
    Let’s go get it!”

    The Servant interjects,
    “Oh! But my king, the journey there will be arduous. Challenges abound and your s-”

    Alexander snaps his fingers.

    “That’s no problem!
    Afterall, am I not Alexander –
    hegemon of Greece, pharaoh of Egypt, and king of Asia?
    Have I not proven I can do anything?”

    Alexander smiles with a mixture
    of arrogance and unshakeable cheer
    and a determined glint in his night-dark eye, as he returns to the darkness of his palace.

    “It is settled, Servant.
    Prepare our bags.
    Tomorrow we rise at dawn,
    and travel.”

    End of Chapter One.


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