The Dawn of the Raven Omnibus 1: Episodes 1-5 by J.L. Blackthorne

Author:J.L. Blackthorne [Blackthorne, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-08-10T00:00:00+00:00

To Be Continued

In

Episode 3:

Unexpected Friends

The Dawn of the Raven

Episode 3:

Unexpected Friends

As Kiella followed the mysterious woman through the woods, thoughts began to flood through her mind. Her wits had fully returned. She was no longer overwhelmed by what had happened. She thought again of the woman’s wounds. They had looked quite bad.

“Please, let me see your injuries again. I am a bit of a medic, I might be able to help.”

Somewhat surprisingly to Kiella, considering how she had been mostly ignored before they left the clearing, the woman stopped and obliged. She pulled down the hood of her cloak and then rolled up her sleeves, exposing her slender, ravaged arms and hands. Kiella examined them closely. There were slashes and cuts all over them.

“Did you do this? They appear self-inflicted.”

The woman gave no answer. As Kiella inspected further, she saw that there were scars all over the woman’s arms and hands. These were not the first wounds of this nature she’d received, not by a long shot.

“You do this often? I can see all the scars.”

Again, the woman offered up no reply. Then, Kiella noticed that there were deep marks around her wrists. She looked at her own wrists, and saw that she had the same marks, the ligature marks from where the bonds had been tied, where she had wrestled and fought against them.

“Oh. They had you too? What did they do? You escaped?”

Again, the woman stayed silent. Finally, Kiella gave up her inquisition and found her liniment in her pouch. The woman did not ask any questions, and did not resist. She allowed Kiella to treat them, but as soon as she had finished, without a word, the woman turned and continued through the woods.

“Where are we going?” Kiella asked.

“I’ve told you: to my village.”

“What of the exiles? The Elken? Shouldn’t we be cautious?”

The woman stopped and turned, and gave Kiella a scornful gaze.

“I am an Elken.”

Kiella didn’t know what to say. Did the woman not recognize that she was an outsider? Did she not care about the truce? Did she not intend to help them at all, but to punish them for trespassing in the Forbidden Forest? Once again, Kiella found herself overwhelmed. She wasn’t sure whether to go along, or to try and knock the woman over the head, grab hold of the mule’s reigns, and make a break for it. Finally, she decided to focus on staying calm, and trying to see if the woman would give her any more information.

“How did you find us? Did they have you? Did you escape from their hide-out, and follow them to us?”

The woman continued walking and kept her vision forward. Kiella stared at her, waiting for a response. The woman was young, not much older than Kiella was herself, maybe just a year or two. She was quite beautiful. Kiella had never seen anyone like her. Her hair was long and a beautiful shade of light brown with golden highlights, with small braids threaded throughout. Her eyes

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