Well, i was wrong about the book. It doesnt have periods of focusing on different characters, it just floats along randomly.
This section starts with Stephan waking up. It is the day of the festival, so he hurries down stairs and asks if he can go with Alka. After getting permission, he gets advice: "Take care that the girls dont beat you again!" At the same time Alka gets up to see her father, the great captain, run off to his king on request. The 2 become thirsty and run off to a tree that they think has water. On the way there, they hear voices. Stephan becomes alarmed immidiatly and orders Alka to be quiet. They crawl closer. The voices they here are the 2 persians and another man. The persians are discussing an assassination attempt on Alex. They pick 3 days from then, when his father will be gone and he will be in a public place. The plan for the man is to yell "Alexander, Justice!" and stab him. Alka gasps almost loud enough to get caught. Both astonished, they crawled out and in typical spy fashion they make a tiny noise so that they 3 men "think" they hear something. Stephan goes immidiatly to Alex and tells him and they come up with a plan that isnt said yet. And so comes the day when Alex is in the public festival and nothing happens yet.
I think that Alex has some elaborate plan because he could just nip it in the bud by telling guards or something. I dont think stephan will be part of the plan cuz hes just sitting there watching and worrying. Also, if i trust my vast knowlege of all history, i can safely say that Alexander the Great does not get stabbed to death.
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