Defender: The Sanctuary Series, Volume One by Robert J. Crane

Author:Robert J. Crane
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: warrior, sorcery, druid, wizard, sword

Chapter 22

The Alliance members waited in the Fields of Paxis while the officers of the Alliance split the treasures in Mortus's chambers among themselves. After a half hour, Elisabeth stormed down the steps with something in her hand. Her eyes were narrowed and every step exuded irritation. She stopped in front of Cyrus and paused for a moment before she spoke, composing herself. “You must have really wanted this pommel,” she said. “I've never seen you ask for anything from an excursion before.”

She opened her hand to reveal a circular piece of metal with the carving of a skull at its center. “I do,” he said, voice desirous.

She handed it to him with care, then crossed her arms. “I didn't expect us to have to kill the same dragon two days in a row. You really saved things from getting ugly.” She paused. “Uglier than they're getting among the Alliance officers right now, anyway.”

He pulled his gaze away from the Death's Head. “Doesn't look like you had much fun in there.”

She sighed. “We're not. When I planned this, there were a few things that we swore we weren't going to do. Foremost among them was not stealing Letum.”

Cyrus looked at her with a blank expression. “Letum?”

She stared past him, her mind on something else. “Mortus's Staff of Death. It's supposed to be on a pedestal in there, protected by enchantments, but it's not.” She shifted her gaze to him. “I guess it's lucky that it's not, because your pommel would have been under the protection of the enchantments as well.”

“Lucky for me, I guess.” He shrugged. “Never heard of this Letum. Maybe Mortus took it with him when he left?”

She waved her hand. “You think he dissolved the barrier he set up to protect his most treasured possessions before he left, when he knows that every time he leaves his Realm gets ransacked? I doubt it, but it doesn't matter. It's causing quite a stir among the other officers, though; quite a few accusations flying around –”

“Elisabeth!” Cass's voice drifted down to them as he descended the steps, Erith beside him. “We're leaving.”

“Did you get everything resolved?” She looked up at the warrior in grey, face expectant.

“I've resolved not to punch Tolada in his aggravating face, but that's about it.” Cass pointed back up the steps. “We can argue until Mortus comes back, no one's going to confess to taking Letum and we're not going to search everyone here to figure out if they've got it. Especially,” he gritted his teeth, “since there are no protective barriers around the pedestal.”

“Couldn't someone have broken through the barrier?” Cy looked at them, face blank.

Erith laughed. “Through a barrier erected by a god? Unlikely.”

Whatever else might have been said was halted by Malpravus, gliding down the steps with the officers of Goliath and Sanctuary trailing behind. Niamh's face was suffused with rage, Curatio's eyebrows were arched in irritation, and Orion looked annoyed.

“I would call that a successful endeavor,” Malpravus said, coming to a halt beside Cyrus.

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