Silent Spirit by N. R. Farrell

Author:N. R. Farrell [Farrell, N. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0CTDF4Y6K
Published: 2024-06-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Time blended together. How long had I been here, trapped inside this cell? The damp cold plagued my skin. I wrapped my arms around my body, taking what little warmth I could and clinging to it.

Two men sat in another cell — the two men that Kieran found for the royal family upon his original visit to the capital. They watched me from their cell and I squirmed in my seat. I wanted out of this disgusting cell and back into the light. I hadn’t betrayed the royals, damn it, why couldn’t they see that?

“What’d you do to piss ‘em off?”

The sudden question caught me off guard and I craned my neck to look at the two men. Criminals, through and through, not the type of people I should converse with. “None of your business.”

One of them, the shorter one, showed me a lopsided grin with yellowing teeth. “Heh, turned against them, eh? He said you would.” He crossed the cell and leaned against the bars that separated me from them, grubby fingers wrapping around steel. “Threw us in here, the bastard. But ‘e’s a clever one. Knew you’d join ‘im, eventually.”

Dread enveloped me, chilling me to my core. The sensation drowned everything but a spark of curiosity that flickered like a dying flame. His words captured my attention and one of them stood out. He. I couldn’t suppress my question.

“Kieran?”

He offered me that same vile grin. “That’s the one. Damned noble. Threw us in here like trash. After all we did for ‘im, too! Tch.” He spat on the ground. “But ‘e’s no better than us.”

They knew Kieran. Threw us in here… knew you’d join him…

I hurled myself to my feet the moment the dots connected. Stepping closer to the bars, I lowered my voice so the guard wouldn’t overhear my words. “You worked for him, or with him? Are you spiritualists as well?”

The second man approached from the far side of the cell. Unlike his companion, he maintained a small sense of dignity. He brushed his matted hair back, keeping it out of his face, showing hollow cheekbones and sunken eyes with dark circles beneath them.

“We worked for him.”

I leaned closer to listen to his low tone. “You did..?”

“He gathered us just like he gathered so many others.” His jaw clenched. “But he betrayed us. Sent us out here to distract the royals, make them focus their attention on capturing us. It was supposed to be safe. But then he lead them right to us!” A snarl laced the last words and out of the corner of my eyes I saw the guard raise his head and look our way.

Kieran’s former accomplice shut his mouth with a soft click, but that didn’t stop the guard from staring at us for a few more moments. “Do I need to come over there?”

I fashioned a smile and half-turned towards the guard. “No, everything’s fine.”

The royal guard frowned but finally nodded and lowered his gaze back to the book on the small table he sat at.

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