The Nightblade Epic Volume Two: A Book of Underrealm by Garrett Robinson

Author:Garrett Robinson [Robinson, Garrett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Legacy Books
Published: 2017-12-14T18:30:00+00:00

THEY DID NOT SPEAK OF what they had seen while they made their way back out of the valley, for they did not know for certain if there were any more guards around. It was a long walk, made longer by the fact that the sun had now gone down and they had to pick their way through the darkness. Loren’s mind raced all the while, wondering what they should do. When she had first heard of Yewamba, she had not imagined it would be so grand a place, so impregnable. The thought of trying to conquer the fortress with only six of them—eight, if they counted Gem and Annis—now seemed laughable. But what was their alternative? Returning to Ammon? Kal would be furious with her, and she would not even have accomplished what she came here to do, which was the only thing that might stay his wrath now.

At last they reached the place where Chet and the others waited for them. They all came forwards and gathered in a group, but Loren held up a hand to forestall their questions.

“There will be time enough to tell you what we saw, but now we must return to camp. Gem and Annis are likely worried sick, and we should not leave them alone overnight in any case.”

And she would not say another word until they had all mounted their horses and begun to ride east. Shiun had them remain quiet until they were out of the valley mouth and back near the main road again, but then Chet turned to Loren.

“Did you find Yewamba?”

“Yes,” said Loren. The others looked to her with interest. “It is a mighty fortress, and from what we could tell, it is well garrisoned. Even if Kal brought all the Mystics in Ammon, I doubt he could take it by force.”

Niya looked at her sharply. “It is good, then, that we mean to use subterfuge instead.”

“I do not see how,” said Loren.

“Then you intend to give up?” said Niya. “We have come too far for that.”

Loren shook her head. “Let us discuss this when we have returned, and we can think upon it properly.”

“Then ride faster.” Niya obeyed her own command at once, savagely nudging her horse into a canter in the moonslight.

Gem and Annis came to meet them with palpable relief when they reached the camp at last. “We were worried,” said Annis. “We feared you had been discovered and taken.”

“I am glad to say we were not,” said Chet. “Not yet, at any rate, though I think Niya has some mad scheme to ensure that is how we meet our end.”

“Do not make snide comments at me, boy,” snarled Niya. “If you have counsel to give, then let us hear it.”

“Enough,” said Loren. “All will be heard in turn.”

They sat around the fire Gem and Annis had built. Loren and Niya described Yewamba, with Shiun interjecting every so often with some description of the place and the guards placed around it. When they had finished, Chet spread his hands.

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