Resistance: The Umbra Chronicles Book 3 by Grace Martin

Author:Grace Martin [Martin, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

We landed in the largest piazza in the city, just outside the palace walls, mostly because there wasn’t a big enough open space inside the walls of the palace to accommodate the wings of the dragons and the sheer number of wounded. The Draceni shifted back into human form to assist further with the wounded and Sparrow changed me back into myself.

We hadn’t made a secret of our arrival. We had flown low over the city and even though it was night time, we would have been seen. Draceni hadn’t been seen in Ce’Branna for three hundred years. Not as guests, anyway. The only time any of them had seen a Draceni in their dragon form was when Kiaran attacked the Rhydda today.

I was forcibly reminded of that when we were suddenly confronted by a cohort of guards.

I ran towards them, my arms outstretched. ‘No, no, no!’ I cried. ‘They’re friends! Don’t hurt them! They’re coming to help!’

The guards were all armed and armoured, ready for battle. As I ran towards them, one stepped out from the group and said, ‘Aine, what are you doing outside the palace walls?’

I recognised the man who had been with Aine on the tower, training her. As Umbra’s heirs, we looked alike. So, I went with it.

‘I’ll explain later, but believe me, they’re friends. They’re our allies. These people were wounded in an ambush by the White Queen’s troops. Please, you’ve got to send for help.’

I saw the conflict in his face. I stepped forward until we were nose to nose. Well, nose to breastplate. ‘These people need help!’ I shouted.

The conflict in his face passed and he turned to his guards. ‘You and you, to the hospital! Tell the healers they are sore needed. The rest of you, come with me. We have work to do.’

And they moved like a river flowing within its banks. They were organised, efficient, and where they got the materials for stretchers from, I’ll never know. I followed them. Sparrow was still in bird form, observing from a nearby roof. I wanted to shout at her, but it wouldn’t do any good. She’d probably peck my eyes out.

The courtyard outside the hospital was chaos, but it was welcome chaos. People knew what they were doing here and they could help. I slumped against a wall, exhausted. I’d been up all day and nearly all night. I closed my eyes and tried to ignore the chill of the stone at my back. I could sleep right here. For a moment — and it was a beautiful moment — I decided that was exactly what I was going to do, and let my body relax into the exhaustion.

I was jerked out of the pleasant and longed-for daze when hands grabbed my shoulders.

‘How did you get through the shield? Always looking for a way to make a big name for yourself! Selfish, conniving girl!’

Saoirse, hands clamped to my shoulders, her face inches from mine, her dark hair spilling over her shoulders and gown as she screamed in my face.

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