Rescue and Rage by Jonathon Mast

Author:Jonathon Mast [Jonathon Mast]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dawnsbrook Press
Published: 2022-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The pixie shuddered and lay still.

“No. No, no, no!” Madelyn shook her head. “You’re not allowed to die!” She reached for the fae’s neck, feeling if she had a pulse.

She did. She breathed normally. She’d just exerted herself too much. Madelyn gasped for breath. The fae was fine.

“So,” Peter said. And then he stopped.

“So?”

“So, apparently Other-You is killing fae?”

“And protecting humans.” Madelyn frowned. “We need to learn more from this pixie. Whoever she is. And we can’t leave her here.”

“No. Especially not with her hurt like this. I guess I’ll look around to see if I can find a spring near here.” Peter wandered away.

Madelyn sat by the pixie’s side. She really was so small. Fae were so different from humans. House Eclipse grew backward? They didn’t understand how someone could be just one? Maybe that meant the pixie was wrong. Maybe she hadn’t really seen Other-Madelyn attack.

But look at those wounds on her face. Those were iron burns.

She finally stood. People had stayed in this low area. Maybe they’d sheltered here during a dust storm. They hadn’t left much behind. If they were typical refugees, there wasn’t much they could leave behind. Mostly just depressions in the ground and the remnants of a fire. She should probably look for some fuel for that fire. It always took a long time in these dusty plains to find enough dried grass or wood. She hadn’t thought she’d ever miss the long grass of the borderlands.

She didn’t go far. She wanted to keep the pixie in sight in case she needed help of some kind.

And then she frowned. They’d been able to find the fae by following the smoke column. At night when they lit their fire, the smoke column didn’t matter much. You couldn’t see it against the darkness. And they’d always made sure to light their fire in low places so they’d be less likely to serve as a beacon. This fire was in a low place, sure, but during the day the smoke could be dangerous. How many other people might be out here? Who else might see it?

She found a dead tree in a valley a few hills away. It still had some dry branches she could crack off and bring back to the camp. As she returned, the pixie opened her eyes. “Why will you try to kill me?” she asked.

“I’m not going to.” Madelyn set the wood down. She sat beside the fae. “What’s your name?”

“Gjysme.”

“I have no idea how you made that sound come out of your mouth.”

The little fae shrugged. “It is easy enough. It is difficult.”

“Yeah. Somehow, it doesn’t surprise me you say that.” She took a deep breath. “I’m not going to attack you, Geese-me.”

“Is that my name?”

“I tried to say it right.”

“You failed. You failed.”

“Yeah. Got that.”

“Gjysme. You say it Gjysme. What is your name?”

“Madelyn of the Sky.”

The fae’s eyes opened wide. One was dark; one was light. “The one who reigns over the Island?”

“I’m really not in charge. I just raised it up so people would have a home.

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