Songbird by Colleen Helme

Author:Colleen Helme [Colleen Helme]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-17T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Voices penetrated her drugged veil of sleep. Teya focused on the sounds and listened through the fog of darkness until she could understand what they were saying.

“…but we have to tell the king something.”

“That’s easy. Just tell him I have her, and I’ll bring her to him when it’s safe. That should appease him, and the Braemarians will think I single-handedly stopped a war. I’ll have the governor of Braemar eating out of the palm of my hand, and in a few days we’ll take Teya back under a large guard of Braemarian soldiers.

“When the king opens the palace to let us in, we’ll make our move and be rid of him once and for all. The Old Country will be mine. I’ll convince the governor that the king attacked us, and we had to defend ourselves. After that I’m sure the governor will beg me to stay and take charge.”

“But what about Teya and the Kalorians?

“Once the kingdom is in my control, we’ll take them back to the grove. Don’t worry, Jesse, I’ve been planning this for a long time. Everything will work out.”

“But Teya said the grove was dying. Leona is the only one left to keep back the Destroyer.”

Teya’s numb mind tried to make sense of what she heard. One of them was Jesse, but the other? It sounded like Colonel Porter, but how could he be involved?

“We’ll deal with that when we get there.”

“All right, I’m ready,” Jesse said. “Are you sure you want to do this now? Remember how some of the others reacted.”

“I’m only taking enough for you and me, she’ll be fine. Besides, once the Kalorians know she’s here, I think they’ll stop dying. Especially when we tell them that we’re taking them back to the grove.”

A sharp pain in the tender part of her arm caused her to moan, but the influence of the drug kept her from moving. What were they doing to her? She tried to open her eyes, but couldn’t. Soon, she became aware of a different sensation, like all the energy was draining out of her.

“That’s enough,” Jesse said.

“A couple more vials won’t hurt her. She’s strong. The sym from this blood will be enough to last until we reach the grove. By then, I’ll have my full power again, along with everything else I deserve.” A small tug released the pain from her arm, but not the greater one gathering in her heart.

“There, all done. Here, hold that down.” Someone applied pressure to her arm, then bent it at the elbow. “I can see that you’re drawn to her. You’ve hardly looked at anything else since you got here.”

“She’s... different...exotic and beautiful.”

“Yes. She looks a lot like her mother with her black hair. When Teya was a child it was lighter, almost blond, like yours, but that was a long time ago. Why don’t you finish up? I’ll get this ready.”

Teya struggled to open her eyes. The man leaving could only be one person. The person who had destroyed her life.

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