Chains of Light by Elizabeth Schechter

Author:Elizabeth Schechter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elizabeth Schechter
Published: 2020-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

THE CART BUMPED HARD and the swaying stopped. Lyander moaned in pain behind his gag and instinctively tried to shift, tried to hide. Ropes dug painfully into his arms and legs, and he stopped struggling. There was no way to move, no way to escape. Nowhere to go, even if he could get free of the ropes layered over the temple chains his captors hadn’t bothered to remove. Jyase and his men had taken him from the Temple, cutting down anyone in their path, and presented him to a woman whose face was hidden by her helm, who had nodded without a word and ridden off.

They hadn't followed her. Not immediately. It seemed that Jyase had other plans. He let his men sport with their chained captive, and they passed Lyander back and forth among themselves, toying with him as if he were a doll, laughing over his struggles and helplessness. When his protests and pleading grew too loud, they gagged him, and continued with their tormenting, until at last Jyase strode through the crowd, whipping them off as if they were dogs fighting over a bone. He'd taken Lyander and dragged him off toward the cart, and for a moment Lyander had thought that his ordeal was over.

Jyase had shown him otherwise. And it was worse. So much worse when it came at the hands of someone that Lyander had trusted. Had loved. He'd fought, remembering things Delan had explained to him, and had managed to land one lucky kick, knocking the wind out of Jyase.

That had been the reason for the beating. Jyase had used a strap, then his fists, and Lyander wasn't certain he could have moved even if he hadn't been bound. He certainly couldn't have run. Jyase had focused most of his attentions with the strap on the soles of Lyander's feet.

Outside the cart, Lyander heard voices coming closer. One of them was Jyase—Lyander would know his voice anywhere—the other was a woman. As they came closer, he heard her voice clearly. "It hasn't yet been violated?"

"No, Mistress. I stopped the men before they got that far."

"Good. I want this to be a complete victory over the pretender god. We destroyed the false priests, now we will destroy the vessel. Bring it to the altar and prepare it for sacrifice. I've looked forward to this day for a very long time."

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