Plus Ultimate by Simon Archer

Author:Simon Archer [Archer, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-02T22:00:00+00:00

16

The next morning, I awoke to the sound of Akash crashing into our campsite and calling for us to wake up. Alarmed, I jumped up out of my mess of blankets, bashing my head against the hard pole at the top of our tent, and pulled on my robes before clambering out into the clearing, Godfried and Bernsten following shortly behind me.

“What’s going on?” I asked, frazzled and slightly annoyed as I rubbed the bump that was forming in the back of my head.

“I thought that you were coming far later in the morning,” Nadeine, who had been standing watch outside, said. “We are not even through our adapted watch rotation yet.”

“Yes, I apologize for the earliness of the hour,” Akash said. He was panting and keeled over, having run as fast as he was able to get to our campsite. “I’m afraid that things have not gone according to plan. Word somehow got out that you’re leaving today, and a small group of our forest elves began to loot our supply stash.”

“What does that have to do with us?” I asked, confused and still kind of disoriented. “Why would news of us leaving make them do that?”

“Some had hope that you would reverse what’s happened to our home,” Akash said, still panting. “We don’t know how they got this idea, but it’s spread. Now that they know you’re leaving, they know that’s not happening, at least not now. So they panicked. And earlier than we were expecting. We weren’t prepared. You have to leave now.”

“Now?” I asked. “What’s going on? Are they coming here?”

“Yes,” Akash said, nodding vigorously. “You’re well hidden, but some of them are attempting to find you now.”

“To what end?” Nadeine asked, incredulous.

“I don’t know,” Akash said, throwing up his hands. “I don’t think that they even know. Steal your supplies? Force you to stay? Both? Who knows? But you have to get out of here as soon as possible. Sooner, in fact.” Everyone was out of their tents now, and looking around wildly, as if expecting rabid and angry forest elves to descend upon us out of thin air, much like when we were attacked by the half-starved forest elves who were working for Viktor during our last quest.

“Alright,” Marinka said, looking around at our scattered supplies and our terrified horses, who were awake now and shifting uncomfortably where they lay, beating their hooves against the ground and neighing. “Let us pack. If we must go, we must go.”

Bernsten darted into action, gathering up our supplies into the packs. Nadeine grabbed the saddles and rushed over to the horses, doing her best to convince them everything was okay and that they had to cooperate and let her put them on. Nadeine didn’t have the most gentle touch, however, and the horses wouldn’t acquiesce, so I ran over to help her.

“It’s okay,” I told Bill, rubbing his nose in our customary greeting. “Don’t worry, Buddy, we’ll figure it out. But you have to let us put

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