Knight of Shadows by Kel Kade

Author:Kel Kade [Kade, Kel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Rover Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The next couple of days were uneventful. Rezkin searched the castle for anything that might be an explosive device but had thus far found nothing. He continued to stalk and question household staff and guards while Seena single-handedly rid the place of vermin. During his time at the castle, he had taken upon himself another task—one that would see to the end of Caydean’s reign.

The dukes had not been able to come to terms regarding anything—not about joining their forces, not about the ascension, not about working with or against the empire, and not even about contacting Cael. Rezkin knew that if left to their own devices, these days of endless meetings would lead nowhere. If Caydean was to be overthrown, the dukes and Marcum would need to make a unified front, and they would need to do it with the empire. Rezkin was to make sure that happened. Therefore, he needed more information.

With Seena’s assistance, he stepped through a portal into a familiar forest speckled with sunlight streaming between the leaves and awash in the shadows cast by areas of thicker canopy. He was there for no more than a minute when he lurched to the side to avoid a flying dagger. Then a black clad figure dropped from a bough while another emerged from the underbrush. The man and the woman both wore masks to obscure all but their eyes, which took him in with threatening glares.

They attacked at once, the man with twin daggers and the woman with a shortsword. Rezkin did not draw his sword but instead stepped into the man’s guard and blocked his attempted strikes. Rezkin kicked back at the woman while simultaneously grabbing the man’s wrist and wrenching his arm around behind him causing him to drop one of his knives. He hauled the man around so that he was between him and the woman. He blocked another stab attempt, hooked his arm around the other man’s arm and twisted his wrist until he dropped the second blade. Then he spun the man around and slammed him into a tree as he dodged another attack by the woman. She swiped at his legs, but he leapt out of the way before dashing around her in a burst of inhuman speed. He grabbed her around the neck in a choke hold and ordered her to drop the sword. She chose not to, so he rendered her unconscious. With both assassins out cold, he turned and padded softly over the detritus toward the Black Hall.

Shadows shifted in the trees, and a bird called out only to be echoed by another call from farther away. Rezkin knew they were communicating, and he was glad for it. These things went so much smoother when he did not have to fight everyone in his path to make his point. He could have portalled directly into the Black Hall, but he wanted to give them time to prepare for his arrival. When he reached the front entrance of the tower, a single assassin greeted him.

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