Fury (Tranquility Book 3) by Krista D. Ball

Author:Krista D. Ball [Ball, Krista D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-09T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Three Weeks Ago

Bethany blinked the grit out of her eyes. Her new home was dark, save a flickering lantern well out of reach. She yawned and winced as she stretched her neck from side to side. Sweat dripped down the small of her back and pooled around the band of her padded trousers. Everything ached.

The irony of all the beatings she’d taken in the last several days was that the healing oils and the healers they’d used to keep bringing her back to health had helped heal the worst of her coughing sickness. Not all of it, for sure. But the fever was lessening now and her wet cough was replaced by a lingering hack that made her ribs ache.

She was still in her armour; they hadn’t removed it. Considering how much work it had been to get her Blessed Blades off her, she was certain they’d decided taking her armour off too was just not worth the effort.

Amateurs.

Bethany moaned with discomfort. “Anyone awake?” she said quietly.

“All of us,” Jackson said in a low voice. “Between you coughing and the guard snoring, I doubt the dead could rest here.”

“Was I out long?” she asked, coughing between words. She spat the phlegm out through the wooden bars of their cage. She missed the sleeping guard.

“A while, I think. We all fell asleep a couple of times,” Jonas said.

Bethany mopped the sweat from her forehead. “Did they feed us?”

“Nope,” Lady Kia spat.

“Fuck,” Bethany said. “I’m starving.”

“If one of you dies, I’m eatin’ you,” whispered Jackson. “Just putting that out there now.”

Without sunlight, it was impossible to tell exactly how many days had passed but, by the sounds coming from Bethany’s stomach, they’d been locked up for two days. Another two days being dragged here. Four days.

They were clearly alive for a reason, and Bethany had a few ideas about that. They’d been drugged, bagged, tied up, and eventually dragged to a boat. Then drugged and dragged some more. And now here.

Wherever here was.

She guessed they were somewhere across the straits by now. With Robert in the picture, it was most likely they went through the tear in the barrier and were in holding until word got to Sarissa.

Capturing her was blind luck. They were either looking for something in particular, such as supplies or intelligence, or were behind the lines to cause trouble, such as attacking a watchtower post.

She looked at the others. If she hadn’t threatened to kill herself, they’d all be dead. Beyond the small group in the cell, she had no idea if the others were alive, as she’d been blindfolded the entire time after she threatened to kill herself. The threat had been enough to reduce the beatings, though the drugs had also helped quell further resistance. Still, they were in bad shape. Jackson’s foot was sprained, if not broken. They’d used Jonas as a punching bag on the first night; he was in bad shape. Lady Kia was in decent health, but she looked so terrified that Bethany worried what use she’d be if they got an opening to escape.

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