A Hundred Others: A MM Medieval Romance by Jude Marquez

Author:Jude Marquez [Marquez, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: EmCee Publishing
Published: 2018-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Alyx woke when he heard something in the room. He didn't open his eyes and the only thing that seemed to be tethering him to the conscious world was Evander's hand in his. He squeezed Evander's hand, hard, just once.

Evander returned it.

He was awake too.

Evander snorted, turned on his side and threw himself half on top of Alyx.

Immediately, Alyx grew angry. Evander chose him over his own life and-

He felt the cool steel of a small knife pressed into his hand and Alyx's anger dissipated. Evander was arming him. There was another soft step in the room and the unmistakable sound of a sword being pulled from its belt and Evander moved, finally. In his other hand, he had his sword, the one he kept close by, always. He swung with the marksmanship of a soldier born to war, aiming for the soft belly of whoever attacked him. He left his back and Alyx exposed to the second attacker, who was standing practically over Alyx.

But Alyx was faster than anyone gave him credit for and his strength was back. He took the knife that was in his hand and slammed it upwards into the soft palate of the man swinging for Evander's back.

Evander turned at the last second and saw the man fall. Evander looked from Alyx to the body now at their feet and jumped to his feet. He jerked his pants up and threw Alyx his own. He pulled the doors open and saw Elyes and Gabrien were crumpled at his feet.

“To arms!” Evander bellowed and the sound traveled, the cry echoed from voice to voice. Alyx could hear the stamping of feet even as he knelt by Gabrien. He was-

“Asleep?” Alyx asked. Gabrien was not one to shirk his duties like this.

Then he saw the pitcher of water between the two of them and upended it on the floor. He reached into it and scraped the bottom, his fingers coming away with a white residue.

“Poisoned,” he told Evander, just as Gael, Cordelia, Auelina, and Gia rounded the corner, with a small group of soldiers behind them. He rubbed his fingers together, watched the powder disappear. “A sleeping draught. They will wake,” he said and stood.

Gael and Cade peered into the mess that was their quarters and looked to Evander.

“How did they get in? Get the water to them?” Auelina demanded.

There was the call of the horn from the courtyard and Evander was off in a flash, Gael and Cade close behind them. Ricardus stayed with everyone else.

“Lady Cordelia’s chambers,” Alyx murmured and looked to Ricardus. Ricardus nodded. It was easily the most defensible, with only one entrance and exit unlike the royal family’s rooms. “A moment,” Alyx said and went back into their room, unburied his forearm holsters and the blades and pulled a plain tunic from their wardrobe. At the last possible second, he picked up his riding boots as well.

In the hall once more, Ricardus led the way, Gia just behind him. Alyx caught

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