Healed by a Dragon (No Such Thing as Dragons Book 2) by Lauren Lively

Author:Lauren Lively [Lively, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Chris shaded her eyes from the sun. She gazed over the trackless expanse of forest all the way back into Lycaon territory. “There it is. It’s good to be home.”

“We aren’t home yet,” Turk replied. “We have some long miles to put behind us before we get back to the village.”

Chris started forward. “Then we better get moving. The day’s not getting any younger.”

Emily wasn’t looking that way, though. She fixed her eyes on the horizon to the north. “Somebody’s coming.”

Chris spun around. “Where?”

Emily pointed. “It looks like they’re coming from Harbeiz.”

“What?” Chris asked.

“The Ursidrean capital city,” Emily explained. “And it’s a lot of them coming. Look at the dust cloud.”

Faruk squinted into the distance. “It looks like the army coming out, and they’re heading toward the west.”

Emily stiffened. “That’s Felsite territory.”

“They’re invading again,” Turk growled. “I always knew they would.”

“They can’t be,” Emily exclaimed. “Donen swore off attacking other factions. I heard him say so himself.”

Faruk shook his head. “It looks like he lost out to the Supreme Council after all. I wondered if he would have the power to stand against them, but I guess every Alpha has a limit. He can’t contravene his own people.”

Emily whirled away. “This can’t be happening, not when we’re coming home with the news that peace is possible. We have to do something to stop them.”

Faruk walked after her. “What can we do? If the army is set on invasion, they won’t stop for two people.”

Emily waved both arms. “We can’t let this happen. We have to intercept them and tell them what we know. If they invade the Felsite again, one or both factions could be utterly destroyed. Maybe the Supreme Council doesn’t know it, but Donen does. He can’t let the Ursidrean people fall like this, and we have to do what we can to stop it. This could be our only chance.”

Faruk caught up to her and caught her by the hand. “Wait a minute, Emily. Stop and think.”

She rounded on him. “I am thinking. If we don’t stop this, there won’t be a Harbeiz to go back to. There won’t be an Ursidrean faction. We’re the only ones who can carry this information to them in time to stop the invasion.”

Chris stepped forward. “I’m coming with you. We can tell Donen the Lycaon are in the same boat. If we convince him all the other factions have the same shortage of men, we could stop the war before it starts. We could be the only ones who can convince him.”

Turk came to Chris’s side. “If we’re going to do this, we have to move fast. At the speed they’re moving, that column will cross into Felsite territory before the end of the day. We won’t get there in time by walking.”

“What can we do?” Emily asked.

Chris smiled. “We can run.”

Emily stared at her. “Run—there? It must be fifty miles.”

“We can make it,” Chris told her. “We’ve done it before.”

“You might,” Faruk replied, “but Emily and I can’t.

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