Revelation (The Raven Bringer Saga Book 3) by C. A. McHugh

Author:C. A. McHugh [McHugh, C. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Crista McHugh
Published: 2017-02-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Do you see them yet?” Raimel leaned to the side to peer around the hulking mass of his colleague.

“Can’t you sit still for a moment?” Ceryst barely moved his lips when he spoke, much less any other part of his body. He was a perfect statue concealed in the shadows of the rooftops. From where they crouched, they could see the main road from the city gates to the palace. As the sun set, the shadows grew longer, allowing them a bit more freedom to move around.

“I’m getting one of my bad feelings again.” And that was putting it mildly. More like gut-twisting, sweat-inducing, full-blown willies. The last three times he’d gotten a feeling like this since they’d met in the cave in Gentilmead, they’d run into a gang of demons. But this was worse than before. He bet if he took off his amulet, the Raven Bringer’s taunts would be louder than ever.

“Then shut up and keep your eyes open.”

Raimel nodded and sharpened his senses. His internal warning had begun troubling him when they’d climbed to the roof about an hour ago, and it had been growing stronger even since. Something else nearby was watching for the king’s arrival, but each time he peeked into the Shadow Realm, he saw nothing.

He shifted his position to search for another point of view, earning a scowl from Ceryst.

A burst of applause came from down the street.

Both he and Ceryst stiffened.

“I’ll keep my eyes on Aerrin. You keep a lookout for anything out of the ordinary,” the knight ordered as he reached for his sword.

“Oh yeah, take the easy job for yourself,” Raimel muttered and scanned the streets below. Aerrin rode into the city behind two guards, so deep in conversation with Leandros that he didn’t see them hiding above. Not that he would. He and Ceryst had become very skilled at hiding over the years. His gaze drifted to the two young women riding behind Aerrin. “Seroney’s with them.”

“Concentrate. I’m beginning to get one of your bad feelings myself.”

As the king’s party came closer, Raimel caught a flicker of movement on a roof across the street. He silently pointed out the distorted shadow to Ceryst.

“I’m on it,” Raimel whispered a split second before plunging into the other realm. Instead of seeing what he expected to find, he saw a mere mortal man crouched with a blowgun aimed at the procession below.

Which was a good thing. He’d react slower than a demon.

But the shadowy distortion he’d witnessed earlier didn’t mean the man didn’t possess the ability to blink like a demon.

A fraction of a second later, Raimel reentered the mortal world behind the figure and cast an anchoring spell on him. Then he clamped his hand on the man’s shoulder and yanked him back into the Shadow Realm. “You’re coming with me.”

He was back on the same roof as Ceryst within a blink of an eye.

“Hello,” the knight greeted the assassin, punching him solidly in the face.

The man fell backward from the blow and rolled off the edge of the roof into the alley below.

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