Floodlight by Reba Birmingham

Author:Reba Birmingham [Birmingham, Reba]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781619293441
Publisher: Regal Crest Enterprises, LLC
Published: 2017-09-25T03:00:00+00:00

Camp

MORNING HAD BROKEN and the camp inhabitants were packed up and ready to go. Ravens had been circling all night, and there could not be a brighter neon sign pointing to them for Wolfrum to see than that. The dwarves were getting surly.

“She put us here to be a decoy,” a heavily muscled warrior said, pacing the edge of the camp.

“There’s nothing wrong with that, Chuk,” his buddy, Groh, said. “That’s how they got in the castle.”

“If they got in the castle. For all we know, they could be dead right now.”

The elves sat on their horses, noses and ears twitching.

“They’re coming.”

Chuk climbed on his sturdy steed. “Heloisa or no Heloisa, I’m ready.”

“Stand fast,” Ernst, second in command shouted, for there was no more reason for stealth.

From the trees surrounding the clearing, monk warriors poured out of the darkness with weapons raised. They chanted gutturally:

“Wolves are always followed by ravens!”

“Scavenging for the kill!”

“Eat fast, ravening wolf!”

“Ravens follow five and twenty!”

“Cleansing the world of unworthy prey!”

“Taking out the weak!”

“Consuming the meek!”

“Wolf-Raven cycles this world to the next!”

The monks outnumbered them ten to one. The morning air was crisp, and Ernst opened his mouth to issue an order. Suddenly, Heloisa appeared, her horse in a sweat. She moved right in front of her motley group and breathed heavily. “Mission accomplished,” she said to her fellow guardians. “This is for Ehren’s son. Let’s go!”

Wolfrum’s men should have studied British history in the early days of the colonies, or that of the American side in the Vietnam War. They thought their cause was so righteous no one could harm them. They thought their numbers and frightening visage were enough to win the day. Fortunately for those from the Hercynian Garden, they were wrong.

Elves popped up from the treetops and, with their excellent marksmanship, took out most of the first two rows of horsemen. Others tripped on booby traps between the trees leading to the little encampment. Heloisa’s group hadn’t been idle while waiting.

Wolfrum’s men got in their licks, too. The ravens did much of that work, attacking the tree elves. Suddenly, a sight none had seen in a good long time came before their eyes. The woman from America, who should have been in the dungeon back at the castle, literally flew over the skirmish, shouting, “This one’s for my half-brother I never got to know.” Then she said to the ravens, “You’re all eagles now!”

The fighting paused as all looked up in disbelief. Mitzi surprised herself and didn’t know where the words had come from, only that her blood started to boil and her fighting spirit came to the fore. “You’ve already lost, you freaky whackjobs! For I am free and doing magic in your world.” With that, she flew away and most of the ravens followed.

Without Wolfrum to explain what that meant, his warriors fled. The elves, dwarves, and other magical creatures were emboldened and chased the Wolf-Ravens from the clearing.

“Enough. They will be talking about this for a hundred years,” Heloisa said.

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