Death's Angel by Colin Lindsay

Author:Colin Lindsay [Lindsay, Colin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781777298913
Publisher: Colin Lindsay
Published: 2020-07-15T22:00:00+00:00

18

Kala

With the weapons she’d ‘procured’ from the town’s armory, Forest enlisted Kala in helping her teach the refugees archery. If they were to defend themselves against Soren, they had to learn quickly. Calix helped by setting up bales of hay to use as targets. Kala lined up her makeshift army, and she and Forest moved among them, correcting their form, and urging them to keep practicing. Kala picked up a bow to show a young girl how to pull it back and release it without its string hitting her forearm, and she wondered how many of the bows they held had been built by her and carried here by the winds.

The townsfolk watched from a distance. Forest told Kala all about her raid on the armory, and how the guards had been too afraid to admit their failure that they hadn’t informed the town council that there had been a theft, so there had been no repercussions.

Kala watched Hawke teaching people how to defend themselves with a dagger, including children as young as eight years old. Something about it broke her heart and infuriated her. These children should be playing, not learning to kill or be killed.

Skye walked over to Kala with a skin of cold water, some cheese, and apples. She took a break from her instruction and joined him while he laid a blanket on the ground.

“You spoil me,” she told him.

“Only the best for Soren’s Scourge,” he joked.

Kala winced. “You heard that, too, did you?”

“I did – but to be honest, I prefer ‘unkillable killing machine.’”

“Stop it,” she said. “It’s not funny. These people are pinning their hopes on me, but I’m just a girl.”

“You’ve never been ‘just a girl,’” Skye corrected her. She frowned at him, and he relented. “I know. It’s a lot of pressure. But just do what you can. No one can ask any more of you than that.”

“But they do,” she sighed.

Skye decided to lighten the mood by changing topics. “You’ll never guess who I saw here.”

“I’ll bite… who?” Kala replied, curious.

“Kira.”

“Your one-time girlfriend?” she asked incredulously.

“Don’t be too hard on her,” he replied. “She’s scarred from your village’s being torched and the difficult journey here. She’s not tough like you.”

Kala softened. “You’re right. She didn’t deserve any of that. No one did.” She thought about it in silence, then smiled a mischievous smile. “Ashlyn, Kira, Eden… we should start a club for your ex’s.”

Skye raised an eyebrow and Kala laughed at him. “Where did you see Kira?” she asked.

“Near the firewood pile. She was with her grandfather.”

“That weasel Sayer made it out? There is no justice,” she said bitterly.

“I heard Calix’s dad found him in the woods south of your village. He said he was hiding the village archives in the woods to protect them, but that sounds fishy to me.”

“That’s Sayer, alright. He must be at a loss here with no paperwork to fill out.”

“I’m sure he’ll find some,” Skye chuckled.

They continued their lunch in comfortable silence until Kala saw Cera marching Lily over to her.

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