[SOW] Chapter Three, Part Four: A Rat in the Nest
“I should have both of you taken to whips for what you’ve done.” He let out a long sigh and waited for either of them to speak up.
They didn’t.
“I should have both of you taken to whips for what you’ve done.” He let out a long sigh and waited for either of them to speak up.
They didn’t.
“…Withdrawing her hand, she glanced at the place she’d just touched and saw through the thin sliver of light a handful of tiny pins, wedged into the floor with mortar. The glinting of their metal barbs reflected the length of the room as far as the light touched them.”
Dhama fought a grin, but couldn’t help it. They both broke out into a short fit of laughter before Dhama was able to collect herself.
“Your allure aside, what I said last night still holds true. I am worried for you, Khenna. We need you, and we don’t want to lose you. I am here to offer an alternative.”
“It has come to my attention that there was not only one dragon attack in my absence, but two with a potential for a third. As such, those of you who will not be returning to Godspine with me will begin packing your things. I am reassigning you to a new post. There will be, in a number of days, a team who will arrive to replace you here. This new platoon is more experienced and will be able to survive a true dragon attack.”
Kerrick caught the way Vandruss said “true”, as if the prior evening hadn’t destroyed the lives of his friends and their families. As if Ginu hadn’t carted a pile of bodies back from the forest and left them in the marksman range to freeze.
“Witch, have you gathered sufficiently?”
She nodded, and handed the sack over to him as the knife blade brushed her skin a second time.
He opened the sack and before he could investigate the single item she’d collected, a young man’s voice burst forth from a cell in the center of the block.
“You won’t have me!” He screamed, his vocal cords fraying as he did so, and followed by his exclamation came a sick slurp
Sisters of Westwinter The First Law of Atla Chapter Two V: Premonition Hour Chapter Two, Part Four: Sisters of Westwinter – Chapter One VIII: Loyalty to the Hunter Her arrival back at The Camps was quiet. No one greeted her, nether Frans nor Haim were out in the creeping of the
Sisters of Westwinter The First Law of Atla Chapter Two IV: Loyalty to the Hunter Chapter Two, Part Three: Sisters of Westwinter – Chapter One VII: Underhanded Designs Cold wet snow crunched beneath Kerrick’s feet as he marched lockstep with the rest of his platoon. Forty soldiers trudged in time with
Sisters of Westwinter The First Law of Atla Chapter Two III: Underhanded Designs Chapter Two, Part Two: Sisters of Westwinter – Chapter One VI: The Exile of Second Alley Late, as usual, Sekhenna ducked beneath a hanging bolt of linen that hid the exposed face of a ruined house from the
Emry scoffed. “I’m Emry. I’m a witch.”
Jundal’s eyes widened, and he backed into the corner of the cell, stepping over a pile of vomit that had frozen to the stone.
“You don’t mean that, do you?” He shook his head and shoved the mop onto the vomit. “I do not know that they could keep a witch caged, even in a place like this.”
Sisters of Westwinter The First Law of Atla Chapter Two I: Corpses on the Ridge Chapter One, Part Four: Sisters of Westwinter: Chapter One IV – The Beggar The fresh recruits marched lockstep with the wagon and carried with them an air of silence. Some of them buzzed with adrenaline as