Rescuing the Captive: The Ingenairii Series by Jeffrey Quyle

Author:Jeffrey Quyle [Quyle, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781461030089
Amazon: 1461030080
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2011-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17 – The Lokasennii

A bear charged into the cave, followed by another and another and another. A parade of the ferocious animals wallowed into the cavern and began to attack the bandits, batting at them, swiping huge claws through their flesh, biting with vicious force. None of them came towards Alec, who held his sword up in front of him to try to protect himself from the huge animals now in the cave.

The screams of the bandits quickly subsided, and the bears began to withdraw from the cave. The only sound inside was the still crackling roar of the fire and the panting of the bears as they padded quietly out.

“No Baltasar! You and Barret stay here and help my savior,” Alec clearly heard the woman’s voice speak, and her silhouette appeared in his field of vision, bending over him, judging his wounds. “You’ll be safe now ingenaire. We’re going to take you to our home and tend to your wounds.”

Alec watch in astonishment as two bears turned and ambled towards him while the rest of the clan left the cave. And then the two bears became men, it seemed to Alec, and he passed out in astonishment and pain and exhaustion.

Alec was aware of movement. His body jostled roughly as someone carried him in the cold mountain air. Above him the crystal clear stars twinkled by the thousands, mesmerizing him. All my friends are all looking up and seeing the same stars I am, he thought. His ankle and his face, his shoulder and his calf all hurt, but he felt comfort in sharing the view with his faraway friends, and he dozed uncomfortably as the hard slab he was tied to continued to move through the mountains.

When he awoke again, he was still, and inside a dark building, he could tell only by the absence of wind and the absence of the stars above. “Sshh, now, rest,” his female companion spoke. “This is going to hurt, but then you’ll be able to make yourself feel better. You have such a wonderful skill,” she soothed him, and then his ankle was ablaze with pain. “There, the arrow is gone. I’ll wrap it and we’ll look at it in the morning. Then we can tend to your face.”

He heard noise and saw the woman stirring when he awoke in the morning. His eyes barely opened, his whole face swollen from the splinters that were embedded in several places. “Who are you?” Alec croaked.

“You throat must be so dry! Here,” the woman placed a dish to his lips and poured a few drops of cold water into his mouth. “I’m sure that’s better. My name is Bernadina. Thank you for saving my life yesterday. You were a godsend, a providential gift, arriving to put an end to my captivity.

“How do you feel this morning?” she asked.

“Not my best,” Alec said. He began to raise his hands to his face, but she reached out swiftly and held his hands in a surprisingly strong grip.

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