The Passage of Kings by Anant V Goswami

Author:Anant V Goswami [Goswami, Anant V]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Diyana Ishoca

SHE WAS COVERED in blood. Blood of Harduinians and of Calypsians, and blood of her own people. It trickled down from her hair and her armor and onto the white coat of her horse, leaving behind thin veins that looked very similar to the ones on the leaves. However, Diyana did not stop to wash herself when she crossed a stream, and neither did she stop when she thought she would fall off her horse because of sheer exhaustion and pain. The last sight of the battle still burned in her head; Olver running towards the bats, Sir Pederick lying in a pool of his own blood, a Maeryn warrior crawling towards her sword, one of her legs lying a few paces away from her.

To hell with Lionglooms and their foolish bravery. I thought the boy had wits about him, but all he had was a false sense of bravado. Perhaps Garen did the right thing. Perhaps he was the right choice.

Diyana had not cared to find either Elsa or Garen when she had escaped. All she wanted to do was get as far away from the creatures as possible, before one of them saw her and decided to pursue. But after having ridden for hours, she realized she had to find one of them, if this quest was to be salvaged. But she did not know where to begin. The scenery around her had not changed much, except for the color of the ground which had lost the red and now looked the usual brown. Trees still grew tall, and the leaves still had veins on them.

The early morning sky was above Diyana as she finally brought her horse to a halt. She stripped her armor and threw her sword and her bow to the side and collapsed by the side of a massive tree trunk and closed her eyes. She relished the lightness she felt after the weight of the armor left her body, and for a few heartbeats, she forgot the pain that throbbed through her arms ever since she left the battle. She looked down and saw bite marks on her left forearm, and a piece of skin missing. A gentle breeze picked up and blew over the open wound, causing it to throb with increased severity. She tore a piece of clothing from her tunic and tied it around her forearm, which caused her to squirm and scream in pain. And then suddenly, she felt the strength leave her body and darkness creep before her eyes. She went limp and surrendered to the weakness that assailed her.

Darkness was soon replaced by blurry visions. Smoky figures started to take shape, and she saw hints of mountains, rising from a great plain, and then she saw a city perched among the snowy summit of the mountains, and she realized she was looking at Silentgarde, her home. But soon, the snow that covered the summit of the mountains, and surrounded Silentgarde, turned into lava that slowly began to flow down from the mountains, towards her home and towards her people.

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