The Traitor - Chapter 2

Interlude - Two Years Earlier (Six Months After Zuko’s Banishment)

The Fire Nation messenger walked unknowingly beneath Zuko’s hiding place in the branches of the tree. The man tramped noisily through a pile of dead leaves before catching himself and trying to move more quietly. It really was too easy. What kind of soldier was so inattentive in the midst of potentially hostile territory? And what commander would use someone so inexperienced as a messenger? The man was so clumsy in the forest that it was quite possible he’d slip and break his neck before ever delivering his message. Well, Zuko certainly wasn’t complaining. The spirits grant that all of his enemies were so stupid – fighting fair was for suckers.

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