The Ravenous Siege (Epic of Haven Trilogy Book 2) by R.G. Triplett

Author:R.G. Triplett [Triplett, R.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Fantasy/Allegory
Publisher: Lost Poet Press
Published: 2016-07-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

"DISAPPEARING IS EXACTLY WHAT WE need to do at the moment, my friend," Michael said, recognizing the wisdom in the Arborist's plan.

"Where does it lead?" Timorets asked nervously.

"The Capital, if I am not mistaken," Celrod replied.

"The walls are stronger there, and if Jhames is still within them …" Michael reasoned.

"Out of the smoke and into the flames if you ask me," Celrod muttered.

"I'll take my chances with the swords of my countrymen over the fangs and fires of dragons any day," Timorets said decidedly to the large schoolmaster.

"We will take the pathway of the forgotten, under the mighty Abonris," Engelmann instructed. "We must endure … and if we hope to have a fighting chance, we must flee this fallen place at once."

The five men, the beaten and bedraggled lot of them, all nodded in fearful understanding of the plans of the Arborist. The rumble of a not-so-distant crash startled their senses and woke them into action as they beheld their once-bright city glowing anew in a wash of green fire.

"Come on! Quickly now!" Engelmann urged.

The company of six began to make their way, though their wounds and weariness made difficult the trek towards the largest keep there at the center of the courtyard. The way was littered with broken battlements and flaming ruins. A charred ox-cart was turned on its side, making a gruesome mess of the once meticulous grounds. And yet, in a small turn of fortune that came at just the right moment, the cart also created a shallow cover by which they might hope to avoid the ravenous eyes of the twin dragons.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! The pounding gales of wind from the leathery wings of the flying serpents reached their bodies as they took refuge behind the cart.

"Everybody get down, here they come again!" Engelmann whispered.

The company of prisoners waited and watched as the two dragons circled high above the Capital like a pair of carrion birds, claiming their ground and waiting for their long-tracked prey to finally give up its life and die.

"What are they doing now?" said the oldest and tallest of the two rescued brothers. "What are they waiting for?"

"Is it a display of power, I wonder?" Michael asked as he looked the lanky, dark-haired man in his smoke-reddened eyes.

"Haven't they done that already?" the brother replied.

"Come on, lads!" Celrod beckoned as he motioned for the two of them to move towards the keep, following Engelmann's lead.

The question bothered Michael. While he and the remaining prisoners did their best to traverse the massive courtyard of the prison hold, he could not help but worry as to the twin monsters' intentions. As he pondered the movements of the dragons, the moment took another turn for the worse. There, marching down the street in front of the prison hold with banners unfurled and eyes glowing green, the Raven Army approached in the deadly rhythm of invading doom. Michael's hand shot out and grabbed Timorets on the shoulder. With eyes wide, he motioned at the army that was passing a mere forty paces from where they stood.

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