Last Bastion by Rachel Aaron & Travis Bach

Author:Rachel Aaron & Travis Bach [Aaron, Rachel & Bach, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy & Video Games
Publisher: Aaron/Bach
Published: 2019-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

James

The dungeon beneath Bastion's royal castle seemed to be the only part of FFO that hadn't gotten bigger when the game became real. James supposed that made sense. After all, the old prison had been an entire instance with seven floors, five bosses, rats the size of Labradors, and zero actual functioning cells. The real prison was a far more practical single hallway below the central keep, with thick stone walls and two rows of cells separated by arm-thick iron bars.

The wooden bunks and straw-strewn floor weren't as posh as Lady Siku's prison, but there was plenty of room to move around, and nothing was truly filthy. The wards on the walls cut off the natural flow of magic, leaving the air empty of the colored streams he used to cast, but James wasn't supposed to be using spells, anyway. They were in here to be model prisoners, and that was exactly what he meant to be.

"Hooray for not dying!" Flameboyant said as he flopped onto his cot. "Most successful unsuccessful suicide mission in history!"

"I'd prefer if we were not in prison again," Ar'Bati grumbled, pacing the length of the large cell he and James had been locked in together. "But I agree it was a victory. We delivered the letters, and action is being taken to stop the Once King's attack. Our honor is still in question, but I'm certain we will be vindicated when the true traitors are brought to justice."

"Yeah," James said, staring glumly through the bars at their weapons, which the guards had piled in the corner by the door a good twenty feet away. "We got the mission done, guys. Let's be proud of that."

"You don't sound like you're proud," Flameboyant pointed out. "What gives, man? We won! The king listened to you."

"He did," James admitted, putting his head in his hands. "But only after I threw my sister under the bus. I was talking to the king! It was the perfect time to explain her side of things, but I was too focused on the Once King to even think about it. I made her sound like a villain just so they'd believe me!"

"You cannot save her from her own actions," Ar'Bati said in disgust. "She did attack the Royal Knights. She did imprison us. She did send an Assassin to stop you. If she sounds like a villain, it's because she's acted villainously."

"But you know she only did all of that stuff to protect her people and me!" James said angrily. "I'm worse than SilentBlayde. At least he only screws people over out of love. I threw Tina to Malakai just to get an edge in an argument!"

Sharp pain exploded across the back of his skull as Ar'Bati smacked him. "Stop eating your own tail," his brother scolded. "You're nothing like that pitiful Assassin. He threw away his honor for a woman who doesn't even look at him. You did what needed to be done to save us all. If your sister has an ounce of sense, she'll understand that.

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