Mercury Mind (The Downfall Saga Book 1) by Chris Mccready

Author:Chris Mccready [Mccready, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, fantasy, school, quest, magic
Published: 2015-09-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Ravyn gazed out an open window towards a large castle surrounded by a high wall. She could see men patrolling the walls and a large group marshalling behind the walls. The air was hazy and sour. She pressed her arm over her face to block the smell. Screams filled the air. Glancing around she saw that she was standing in a small room on the upper level of a tall building, a large bell hung from the ceiling behind her. Perhaps it was a church, she thought to herself. Sticking her head out the window, she saw that she was in a foreign city that she didn’t recognize, roughly the same size as Chaylse where she grew up. A section of the city to her right was burning and she could see people running every which way in the streets.

“Help me!” came a high pitched voice from below. A young boy, of perhaps twelve, was running down the street below the window.

“What is going on?” she yelled to the boy, but he ignored her and kept running.

Two men wearing dark vests, with a piece of red cloth tied around their right bicep, and armed with scimitars chased after the boy. Glancing down he saw that she was dressed in a military uniform different from the men below, a tight fitting coat with a gold emblem of a lion on the breast and dark pants. Checking her belt she saw that she was unarmed.

“Hey!” she yelled at the two men, “leave the boy alone.”

“Don’t you worry, Miss,” said one of the men, “We’ll finish him quick, and then come up there to see you. Don’t you worry, we’ll finish you real slow. I’ll have a go at you first, then my friend here will take his turn.”

“Hey, why can’t I go first?”

“You take care of the boy, then join me up there.”

“There’s enough of me to take care of both of you,” said Ravyn, shooting a bolt of lightning at both of them. The bolt struck them in the chest. A spasm shook their bodies for a moment before they fell to the ground, and lay still.

Ravyn exited the room and made her way out of the building. The boy was examining the two bodies.

“That was amazing,” said the boy in a wistful tone. “Are you some kind of a wizard? If I was a wizard then I’d have fought off the Sibt all by myself.”

“What is happening around here?” asked Ravyn, bending down to pick up one of the fallen swords.

“The Sibt,” said the boy. “They came out of nowhere and were over the walls and burning buildings before the alarm even sounded.”

“Is the fighting off that way,” asked Ravyn, pointing towards where she had seen the most activity from the window.

The boy nodded. “But you can’t go that way. The orphanage is on fire. You need to help get them out.”

They locked eyes and Ravyn waited a moment before breaking his heart. “I cannot. The invaders, the Sibt, will kill many more people if they are not stopped.

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