Accustomed by Kyra Gregory

Author:Kyra Gregory [Gregory, Kyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kyra Gregory
Published: 2019-03-08T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

KNOCKING ON THE door startled Sybelle awake early in the morning. Her brows furrowed together and her narrowed eyes looked around the room, searching for some indication of the time. She stumbled out of bed at the sound of another knock on the door, one more eager this time. She gathered her gown off the ground and made her way towards the door. Her bed was empty, she’d only just noticed. She pulled the door open, holding her dress against her naked body as she glared up at the guard who was to act as a messenger. His gaze flickered elsewhere, “Your Majesty,” he addressed urgently, clearing his throat.

“Yes?” she asked, slapping her hand against her dress at her side. “What is it?”

The words that left his lips had her slamming the door shut, slipping into her dress immediately and storming out of the room as she laced up the bodice of her gown. “Where’s Deros?” She asked, not looking over at the guard that she addressed.

“Already atop the Capital wall,” he replied.

She made her way there, storming across the capital with a wide circle of guards, making her way up the tower and across the wall with her eyes cast out towards the beach. A pigeon sat perched on the wall at Deros’s side, the message it had brought with it between his fingers as he looked out at the boundary walls.

“They are days too early for this,” Sybelle murmured, snatching the paper from Deros’s hands.

“Too early for what?” Deros asked, his brows furrowing together.

She waved off his question, dropping her eyes to the paper that the bird had brought.

“It would seem that Azura has grown impatient waiting for the reply that they’ve hoped for,” Deros remarked. “The taunting of the men upon our walls started as entertainment to them but they’ve approached the gates now, periodically using the ram upon it.”

“They’re trying to frighten us,” she said, scrunching up the piece of parchment. “They’re trying to get us to make a move; surrender to their desires, or, at least, force my men into open battle with them. There’s no doubt they’re bored just sitting there.”

“Whatever their methods, they’ll work,” Deros sighed. “I’ll prepare an army. We’ll face them the next time they take to our gates.”

“You shouldn’t,” Sybelle said, adamant. “Having our men, what few we have, out there is exactly what they want. If the country hardly has an army to defend them then what stops them from breaking through the gates anyway and doing as they wish with us?”

“If we don’t confront them they will break down the gates and make their way inside regardless,” Deros argued.

“Then let them come,” Sybelle countered. “Let them do the hard work of attempting to break through that gate. They come with one hundred or so men. They will wear themselves out trying to get through, not to mention fall victim to the soldiers upon our walls.”

“It’s a mistake,” Deros said, following her as she walked away. “If we let them attack our walls they will be in high spirits at their success.

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