Darkblade Guardian by Andy Peloquin

Author:Andy Peloquin [Peloquin, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Fantasy Fiends Publishing Inc.
Published: 2019-07-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty

"Sir Danna, you—" Kiara began.

Sir Danna spoke in a low growl. "You are either with me, Kiara, or with him. You cannot choose both. Help me bring him down or get the bloody hell out of my way."

Kiara made no move to draw her sword, but shook her head. "I cannot stop you, but I will not help you."

"So be it." The knight's voice held no trace of emotion, simply…emptiness. "Then crawl back into the abyss in which I found you. I have tried to help you—"

"Help me?" Kiara's voice rose in an angry shout. "You saved me from myself, and for that I will be forever grateful. But I have seen the angry, hate-filled monster you have become over these last months. The ruthlessness as you hunted him down, your callous reaction to the death of every Warrior Priest and Cambionari beside you. We lost nearly a score of men and women that have ridden with us for hundreds of leagues, yet what is your reaction?" She spoke a mocking parody of the knight's voice. "They died in service to Derelana and the Beggar God."

Kiara kicked her horse toward Sir Danna, and fury flashed in her eyes. "They deserved better than that, Sir Danna. Every last one of them. But you are so consumed by your desire to make him suffer that there are no lines you will not cross, no one you will not sacrifice in service of your quest. I cannot and will not follow someone like that."

Sir Danna's jaw dropped. She seemed stunned at the tirade, and she stared at Kiara as if for the first time.

"I will not apologize for what he has done," Kiara stormed. "He has already done that for himself. But what do you have to say for your actions? How many others have died because of you? The things you said you did in the name of justice and holy retribution? From where I'm sitting, your actions are more demonic than those you ascribe to him. You think that you are free of guilt because you wear the armor of the Cambionari or profess to serve a god? The Keeper will judge you for your actions just as the rest of us will be judged. On that day, how do you think you will fare?"

The Hunter was as shocked as Sir Danna. He'd known Kiara had fire burning within her. He'd seen it when she tried to kill him for what he'd done to her comrades of the Bloody Hand, then helped him kill the First who had caused all the suffering in the first place. But this…this was a new strength he couldn't have imagined.

"You bear the burden of their deaths on your conscience, if you still have one." Kiara's expression hardened. "The lives lost in your pursuit of revenge, even after you learned the truth."

"And what truth is that?" Sir Danna's face creased into a snarl, and her eyes went from Kiara to the Hunter and back. "That

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