(eng) Morgan Rice - Throne for Sisters 06 by A Kiss for Queens

Author:A Kiss for Queens [Queens, A Kiss for]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Lucas moved through Ashton alone, slipping silently through the deadliness of the battle toward the spot where the river’s entrance was barred by its great gates. Every time he saw a knot of soldiers below, a part of him wanted to leap down from his rooftop path and join in the fighting, but he controlled himself. Official Ko had always taught him that the key was to fight the few battles that mattered.

The battle for the river gate mattered.

It should have opened in the first rush of the battle to let their forces into the city. The men Sophia had sent to do it should have been able to shorten the fight for Ashton by allowing Ulf and Frig a way into the city. Yet it had not opened, and Lucas could see their forces now, pinned against the shore by arrows and cannon fire. If they stayed there much longer, Lucas feared what might happen to his cousins.

He could see the river gate now, standing ahead in a solid wooden barrier. Soldiers crowded around its winching mechanisms, controlling them and making sure no one could attack from outside or from the street. The bodies of at least a dozen Ishjemme men lay scattered about, obviously those Sophia had sent to take the gate.

Lucas found himself considering the river instead, and the boats that stood largely abandoned in it, their owners seeking safer spots to hide once the battle started. He slipped down from the roof he was on, took a breath, and ran for the riverbank.

His first leap landed him on the deck of a boat with a rattle of timbers. Lucas caught his balance smoothly and ran, keeping the momentum going. He jumped the gap to the next boat as if it were the space from one stepping stone to another, and didn’t stop. The third gap was larger, and for a moment he thought he might not make it, but his arms grabbed the side of the barge he was jumping for, and he managed to pull himself up.

Lucas heard a shout from the far bank and he sped up, knowing that there was no more time. An arrow flashed by him as he ran, and Lucas sensed the attention of a musketeer in time to duck as a shot came. He didn’t stop, though, taking the final leap to the far side of the river even as he drew his curved swords.

Men came at him, and Lucas guessed then that all those hours spent with his sword masters had not been aimed at making him fit to be a king; they’d been preparing him for this moment. Official Ko was more than cunning enough to see it coming. Lucas ducked under a sword blow, slashed at a man’s arm, and kept running, not letting even the battle slow him as he raced for the gate mechanism.

A man came at him and Lucas threw him aside, wheeling him over his hip. Another came forward and Lucas

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