The Moon Stealers Box Set: Books 1 - 4 by Tim Flanagan

Author:Tim Flanagan [Flanagan, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: William Collins Publishing, London
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

38. Reunited once more

The battlefield was littered with dead bodies of many different types of creatures and races. Wandering amongst them were soldiers from King Conroy’s army, looking for members of their own that might still be alive. At the fortress at Dragonheart Cavern the families of those that hadn’t returned were weeping or hugging the children that had been abandoned.

And there were many.

The arrival of The Rangers and the Green Huntsmen had spurred them on and what remained of the queen's army had become sandwiched between them and slowly they began to overpower them. But after the queen had summoned the black souls, not many of Conroy’s army remained, but what did continued to fight, hoping that the end would be near, whichever end that may be: death or freedom.

From the ridge the white unicorn rider continued to fire at what remained of the queen’s army until they had fled into the forest, abandoning the Twisted Tower. The cannon fired at the Twisted Tower, eventually scoring a direct hit around the base that had caused the tower to cascade and crumble to the ground until it was hidden by a dense cloud of dust.

But then something changed. Every member of the queen’s army began to look older and move slowly and more sluggishly, almost like the energy had been drained from them. This was the sign they had been waiting for. The queen’s power was weakening and had given them the chance to even the odds and fight back once again. Every stroke of the sword meant death to another member of the queen’s army and very soon there had been none that remained.

Victory was theirs.

Freedom was finally theirs.

From the cloud of dust around the remains of the Twisted Tower a terrifying roar cut through the air. A red horned dragon burst through, flapping its great leathery wings, beating the dust into swirls beneath it. In one claw an injured wolf was lightly held, whilst in the other a young boy that looked slightly confused by all that was happening. On the back of the dragon sat a lady dressed in green, her hair flying behind her as the dragon swooped into the sky towards the battlefield. Behind her sat a white bearded man, a woman and two more children clinging to the body of the dragon as best they could.

It took a long time to gather up their dead. Prince Chiron’s body was carried on a bed of moss and laid to rest beneath an ancient oak within the forest. Lord Clayden; some ground dwellers and hill dwarfs, carried the body of Lord Kullwrath back to his tent; he was to be burnt so that his ashes could once again live within the ground. King Conroy had also taken some wounds, but was alive, whilst Martin Bayard had somehow managed to remain in his saddle despite the injury he already had in his leg.

That night, amongst the great pyres that had been lit for the fallen men, Edgar, Joe, Scarlet and Peter sat and looked into the flames of the dead.

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