Daindreth's Outlaw by Elisabeth Wheatley

Author:Elisabeth Wheatley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy romance, assassin fantasy romance, young adult fantasy romance, young adult fantasy assassins, heroine saves hero, dark young adult fantasy romance
Publisher: Elisabeth Wheatley
Published: 2022-03-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Amira

“The coast is clear. Keep moving—ow!” Her foot caught on a loose cobblestone.

Daindreth barely caught her in time to keep from falling. Her shoulder jarred and she cursed that sorceress, the Kadra’han, Cromwell, and Vesha, too, for good measure.

After losing Thadred, they had searched the city, but found no sign of Thadred or the sorceress who had taken him. Amira and Daindreth tried to leave and went to several of the city gates to find extra patrols at each of them, just as Cromwell had said. The soldiers searched under hay wagons and through barrels of ale, though they never said just what they were looking for.

Cromwell had told them the truth about that, at least.

They waited until dusk and tried to go back to Cromwell’s house for more answers. But they had arrived to find the place surrounded by at least three Kadra’han.

Amira hadn’t gotten a good look at them, but she had been able to sense their magic and the telltale bands of ka around their necks. Whether Cromwell was bait or a captive, she couldn’t tell. She wasn’t even sure he was still alive.

The assassin and the archduke had retreated, but Amira had noticed after a few blocks that they were being followed. The Kadra’han had caught their scent.

They staggered around the bend in the street to find their horses tethered where they’d been left. Illuminated vaguely by the firelight from an upper-level window, Amira located her mare’s reins and unlashed them, her one good hand shaking as she did.

She didn’t have time to untie Thadred’s dappled gelding. They’d have to leave him lashed to the hitching line.

“Here.” Daindreth finished untying her horse.

“Get on your own horse. They’re closing!” At Amira’s back, she could sense the ka of the Kadra’han coming closer and closer.

One of them had clambered onto a roof and two of them came running down the alley. She’d lost track of the fourth.

“After you,” Daindreth grunted, grabbing her foot and shoving her up onto the horse’s back. Daindreth unlashed his own horse’s reins and was in the saddle in the bat of an eye. He spurred his horse in the opposite direction of their pursuers and Amira spurred her horse after him.

The Kadra’han came rushing at their backs and Amira coiled darkness around herself and her horse, hoping to obscure their view of Daindreth.

They careened through the darkened streets, outpacing their pursuers in moments. On foot, the Kadra’han stood no chance of catching them.

Amira felt the ripple of spells fill the air and panic rose in her chest. She didn’t know how to counter magic. She barely knew how to use her own.

Luckily, the spells at her back fell short and she was able to breathe easier.

It occurred to her that only three of the four Kadra’han had given chase. What had become of the fourth?

For that matter, what had become of Cromwell?

Amira wasn’t sure if she regretted the idea of that man meeting his end at the hands of a Kadra’han. But

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