Road to Honor by Taki Drake

Author:Taki Drake [Drake, Taki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Road to Honor
Publisher: All Chaos Press
Published: 2018-10-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14 – Catch a Breath

Zhanna dropped to a seat on the blanket covered log close to the fire. Sighing deeply, the young Witch drew the first long breath that she been able to catch since the end of the battle. They had been lucky that there were no deaths. Far more fortunate than they deserved.

As she had stood there staring at the place where the portal had closed, carrying the Blood Mage Krava away from her, her thoughts had been in turmoil. On her homeworld, she had killed him in a struggle that had left many people dead or devastated, and her home village in shambles.

In this world, he had overcome and drained her analog to death, acquiring all of her power for his own use. Without this-Zhanna alive in this analog world he had been free to run amok. The sad tale told by the remnants of the village had the signs of years of depredation and torment.

The young Witch couldn’t seem to focus. Reaching out across the Familiar bond to the comfort of someone who totally understood her, she had exclaimed, <<Oh, Dascha. I thought I was forever done with him.>>

The snarky tones of her companion had hit her like a splash of cold water, <<It is a good thing that there’s only one per splinter world. I guess we just have to kill him here again.>>

Zhanna had given a sharp bark of unamused laughter and thought back to the last few hours. The aftermath of the battle had not been smooth or fun.

While she had stood there in shock and bemusement, stunned by the sudden ending of the conflict, the rest of her forces had moved ahead to consolidate their position and evaluate who or what was alive. JB had moved rapidly down from the foothills and taken command. His confident manner and concise directions roused Zhanna’s admiration and firmed up her resolve to learn more when it came to managing forces. She knew that without him, the battle would’ve turned out far differently.

A quick review of the situation led the former general to announce that they would be establishing camp outside the walls of Blagogarsk. The late time of day and the number of injured or exhausted personnel made movement into another location unwise and risky. Zhanna had agreed, and so the force commander had gotten to work.

JB set out a security perimeter as quickly as possible using the uninjured members of the combined forces. Those that were mildly impaired were being seen by the medic. Most of the injuries were small, primarily rock splinters from the power of Zhanna’s spells.

When the young Witch attempted to apologize for the damage, the sergeant who led one of the squads had cut her off, replying, “Don’t be ridiculous. These minor injuries are nothing compared to what could have been done. Your spell was exactly what was needed and getting a bunch of pinpricks in exposed flesh is a minor price to pay.”

Realizing that he was right, and

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