(eng) M. R. Forbes - Tears of Blood 04 by His Final Secret

Author:His Final Secret [Secret, His Final]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

Talon

They continued on from the massacre, crossing the remaining streets to the barracks. The fighting was intense inside the gates, where soldiers had heard the news and moved from wherever they had been to join their side. Some were in full armor, others in plain clothes, underclothes, and even a few who had come from the baths or from their beds with nothing on at all, their bodies bare though they held swords in hands.

The dead already littered the battleground, and Talon was certain he would find many more inside the rooms and halls of the building.

"Spyne," Talon said, getting the other General's attention.

Spyne turned to him. His face was red, his chest was heaving, and he was coated in a layer of spattered blood and broken flesh. He looked more like a rabid animal than a human.

Talon lifted the control stone from his neck and tossed it to him. "Take this and finish this part of the business. I'm going to the palace. Delia, with me."

Spyne caught the stone and put it over his neck. The juggernauts ripped at the barracks gates, tearing them down before moving into the fight. It was hard to tell which side was which in the chaos.

"If you fight for your Generals, retreat to the gates," Spyne bellowed, his voice echoing across the night. "If you fight for him, prepare to meet Heden."

A third of the soldiers began backing away towards where the General was standing. The others gave chase, soon finding themselves face to face with a Carrier before finding themselves dead on the field.

Talon headed away from the scene, cutting laterally across the field before reaching an open door into the main building.

"I thought you said we were going to the palace?" Delia asked.

"We are. There's another way. A secret way. There always is for the Nine. We were never supposed to remember. We were never supposed to break the promise. We were intended to live forever, and to hold the oath forever."

"Nothing can last forever," Delia said.

Talon nodded. "No. It can't."

"What about the juggernauts?"

"There is no time. We need to get in before he destroys the farspeak stone."

"How? If the Mediators are all dead, who will tell him?

Talon pointed at the second of the two towers rising from the palace. It had taken him some time to remember enough to realize the truth. "No one needs to tell him. He can see it. That is why there are two towers, built so high above the cities. One to speak, and one to watch."

"Then won't he have destroyed them already?"

"Not if he believes his armies might still be victorious."

"Against the juggernauts?"

"We must try."

"What are you going to ask him?"

"I'm not. I'm going to challenge him. To force him out of hiding. To come to Edgewater and end this before the entire Empire is in ruin. To face justice for what he has done."

For Aren. For Alyssa. For Jeremiah. For the people of Genesia and all of those who have followed after. Even for Spyne.

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