The Once King by Rachel Aaron & Travis Bach

Author:Rachel Aaron & Travis Bach [Aaron, Rachel & Bach, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy & Video Games
Publisher: Aaron/Bach
Published: 2019-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Tina

Tina couldn’t sleep.

She’d tried after James left, but all she’d managed was to find new ways to get her armor caught in the blankets. She was grateful her brother had told her he was going, but now she had to worry about him, and it was driving her insane. At least he’d finally let her in on what had happened all those years ago. She’d known it was bad, but for once, the truth had been worse than her imagination. Poor James. He hadn’t deserved any of that, and he definitely hadn’t deserved all her yelling. She’d felt so righteous at the time, but looking back, all Tina could see was a selfish teenager too caught up in her own woes to realize that her brother was suffering too.

They really were two peas in a pod, weren’t they?

Well, she was going to do better. James was the savior of multiple cities at this point. If anyone could make the Once King listen, it was him. And if he didn’t, Tina would be there to save his tail. Or zombie tail, as the case might be.

But she was not going to think about that. She was going to keep her damn word and trust her brother and get some sleep because she was a responsible leader, and these things mattered. It helped that she already knew exactly how much trouble she’d make if she tried to stop him. Neko was still complaining about—

“Halt.”

The sudden command made her jump. Then she flopped back down, remembering the guards Zen had insisted on posting. It made sense, she supposed, but knowing there were people standing right outside her tent made sleeping even harder. She was totally going to dismiss them as soon as whoever this was went away.

“Roxxy’s asleep,” the guard said, his voice offensively loud through the canvas. “Take it to Zen or Richard.”

Well, maybe there were a few perks to having—

“This is personal,” a smooth elven voice replied, derailing her thoughts completely. “I just want a word.”

Tina shrank down in her armor. Craaaaaap. And here she’d thought the night couldn’t get any longer. She was tempted to stay quiet and let the guard—who’d totally just proved his worth—deal with it, but that would be cowardly. It would also be wrong. Sitting in the dark tent, it was all too easy to remember how she’d felt trapped under the landslide. All those regrets had made an absolute mess of her heart. Scratch that; her heart had been a mess since Bastion, and it wasn’t going to straighten itself out until she dealt with this. She wasn’t sure how it would go—probably horrifically—but James wasn’t the only one who could die tomorrow. Tina was determined that the next time she faced that void, she would do so with a clear conscience, so she stood up and opened the flap, sticking her hand out to tap the back of the huge Berserker blocking her door.

“It’s okay,” she said when he turned around. “You can let him in, and you guys can have the rest of the night off.

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