Lord of the Freeborn (Book 7)
“The blast missed him, but it had destroyed much of Garrick’s chamber and it had thrown him clear across the room. The stone here was cold, and his cheek throbbed where he had crashed to the ground. He saw the nearly full moon through the blast hole as it hung like white fire over the horizon.
He crawled to the edge of the room and peered out over the manor yard. Wild odors came from below, blood, and honey and the thick, electric smell of lightning after a storm.
“Get inside Karl,” a woman’s vo...ice yelled.
“Wallace!” another said.
A door slammed, and window shutters squealed shut. Footsteps scuffled, and the metallic jangle of the guard seemed to come from all directions at once.
He grabbed an exposed rafter and swung to land on the walkway around the government center’s wall. Then he stared over the railing.
Garrick was nowhere to be seen.
Hezarin stood before Darien. Her voice rang with a sorcerous tone.
Darien stood artificially still, his blade poised as if in mid slash.MoreLess
He crawled to the edge of the room and peered out over the manor yard. Wild odors came from below, blood, and honey and the thick, electric smell of lightning after a storm.
“Get inside Karl,” a woman’s vo...ice yelled.
“Wallace!” another said.
A door slammed, and window shutters squealed shut. Footsteps scuffled, and the metallic jangle of the guard seemed to come from all directions at once.
He grabbed an exposed rafter and swung to land on the walkway around the government center’s wall. Then he stared over the railing.
Garrick was nowhere to be seen.
Hezarin stood before Darien. Her voice rang with a sorcerous tone.
Darien stood artificially still, his blade poised as if in mid slash.MoreLess
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