The Enhanced Series Box Set by T C Edge

Author:T C Edge [Edge, T C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-26T22:00:00+00:00

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Adjoined to the main church hall are sleeping quarters, fitted out with a minimum level of comfort and used by the leaders of the Nameless when they gather outside of the city.

As far as I understand it, for the most part it’s only Lady Orlando, and a few others, who maintain a permanent vigil here. Mostly the elderly advisors of the rebel forces who can’t, for one reason or another, take an active part in the fighting in Outer Haven.

Mercifully, I get my own room. There are a few small, single rooms used for the permanent residents, and other larger dorms occupied by the rest when they take up temporary position here. Given what Adryan and I have been through, we’re given precedent over the two free, private rooms that remain unoccupied.

After a shower that does a great deal to invigorate me, I dress in a fresh batch of dark, rugged clothing – far more the type I’m used to – and happily discard the blue clothing of Inner Haven that I’m very happy to say I’ll never have to wear again.

Adryan leaves me at the door to my room. His is next door.

“Goodnight then, Brie,” he says, a little stiffly.

I offer the same in reply.

As he turns and moves to his door, my mouth opens and shuts without uttering one of the many things I want to say to him.

Mostly, it’s the sight of his brutalised body that lingers in my mind, now hidden behind his own outfit of dark jeans, shirt, and leather jacket. It’s a far cry from the smart suits I’ve only ever seen him wearing, and the blood-stained jumpsuit that’s found itself discarded alongside my blue clothing.

Like me, he’s only too happy to see those items burned and expunged from his memory.

I don’t think it will be that easy.

Despite feeling as weary as I ever have, I find it difficult dropping off. The bed is perfectly comfortable, and the night quiet and peaceful. Yet, there are images in front of my mind that won’t leave me alone, keeping me from slipping into slumber as I lie there, facing the ceiling and trying to distract myself with more pleasant thoughts.

I don’t know how long it’s been when the door knocks quietly. My chest flares a little with the thought that it might be Adryan.

“Yes,” I say.

The door creaks open and a far slighter silhouette greets me. Lady Orlando hovers on the threshold.

“You weren’t sleeping, were you?” she asks.

I shake my head and croak out: “No.”

She doesn’t ask if she can enter. She just walks in and shuts the door. Then she moves to the foot of the bed and takes a seat. The light inside is almost non-existent, at least for her. I can pick up her face with my abilities easily enough, but it must be nigh on pitch black for her.

She doesn’t object to it, or put on a light. Perhaps she prefers the darkness.

“I wanted to speak with you about the meeting, Brie,” she says.

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