Shadows of Blood by L. E. Dereksen

Author:L. E. Dereksen [Dereksen, L. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Step Publishing

Chapter Thirty-Five

Tandra Yourk

Tandra Yourk was getting worried. The girl had started to shake again, a steady, weak trembling. They weren’t far now from where the Terryn raiders had taken Mag. If she pressed on, she might catch them in the morning, but the girl wasn’t going to last much longer.

There was nothing Tandra could do for her except keep vigil. But somehow letting her die strapped to the back of a horse just didn’t seem right.

She found a resting spot and hoisted her off. The child didn’t respond. Tandra could feel the rapid, short breaths. She laid her out, gentle as she could, used what water she had to wash her, took a scrap of cloth and wiped away the blood, dirt, and tears.

“Damn bleeding bastards,” she muttered. “When I catch ‘em, I’ll get ‘em for both of us. I don’t know all what happened, but I’m sorry about it, just the same. You hear?”

Of course the girl didn’t hear. But it made Tandra feel better to say it.

She ate a cold supper, salted rabbit and dry bread. She tried to give her silent companion a little to drink, but it dribbled out of her mouth. There was no point. The only thing Tandra could do was wait.

She didn’t sleep. Eventually, the girl’s tremors ceased, and then came the rattling: breaths squeezed through watery lungs. Tandra gripped her hands—cold, limp hands—and watched. It wasn’t anything she hadn’t sat through before, but it never ceased to be horrible.

Just a little longer, Mag. I promise, I’m coming.

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