A Merric's Tale by Margs Murray

Author:Margs Murray [Murray, Margs]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

A Shot in the Dark

This moment was out of a dream… or was this a nightmare? My mind was in such a sleepy fog, I couldn’t decide if it was real until he repeated, “If you want to escape, we need to run.”

My body jolted awake. Escape, run, yes.

“Grab your stuff.”

In my moment of joy, it didn’t matter that I had no clue who was behind the mask, if they were the Galvantry or not. All that mattered was escaping and saving myself from what I had just witnessed. I jumped from my bed and ran to my closet. I doubted I needed a dress, so I had limited options and no time to think. I had to move fast. I sucked at this kind of pressure; it was the SATs all over again. What could I not live without? The underwear drawer. I grabbed as many pairs as I could and stuffed them in an empty purse.

All my shoes were dressy and uncomfortable, so I put on my slippers.

It might be cool; I didn’t have much so I put on my white robe. My ring was on my finger, the necklace clasped around my neck.

The man came in, judging my choices. “Do you have any other shoes?”

“It’s these or heels.” I pointed to the rows and rows of glittering pristine shoes.

“We’ve got to run,” he said, and I followed the man out of my room and into the hallway. Five new guards lay on the ground. They were all asleep. One snored. I sincerely hoped this guy knocked out the whole place because at any second Bollard could jump out and attack us.

Bollard… the thought of my uncle prowling towards us was enough to get me out of there.

I ran past the man. He caught up.

As we got to the end of the animal hallway, more guards lay across the floor. I didn’t recognize any of them, and I realized they must have been added to protect me. It hadn’t worked. We made our way through the hall and down the stairs.

The man swung open the giant doors of the ballroom. Had it only been two weeks since my fake ball? Back before all the bad had happened. Now look at me. In the mirror reflection, I was bright pink in every way imaginable. My face was red from running. The only not pink thing about me was my white housecoat and slippers. The man in black was an ominous figure dragging me away from the ballroom.

Outside, a mist floated from the ceiling, mimicking a morning fog. My side stitched, and I needed to slow down to get my breath, but the man was pulling me so fast, I didn’t have a moment.

As we passed the fountain, I caught the silhouette of two people lying on the ground in an embrace. I saw their shoes; he was a guard, but the woman wore a dress and sandal strap heals. My stomach flipped as I recognized those shoes. I wormed my hand free from this stranger and went straight to the couple.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.