Tiva Boon: Royal Guardian by Jenn Nixon

Author:Jenn Nixon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing
Published: 2014-07-07T17:00:00+00:00

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The pain was almost unbearable, but it didn’t stop her from running as fast as able back to the province hall. Reaching the outskirts of the capital, her legs gave out, she steadied against a building, but had to push through and return. She prayed Lo’mu and his men wouldn’t wait too long for her at their meeting point, and return safely.

Her uniform was torn and soiled with blood and sweat; makeshift tourniquets tied around her leg and shoulder. Using the building as a guide, she limped down the alley and into the square. Several legionnaires shouted her name and rushed to her.

“Permit me to help you, Guardian Boon,” Eyon Narss, the second captain Lo’mu put in charge, offered.

Tiva accepted, and leaned against him for support. “Have the others returned?”

“Not all, division four returned with no word of Captain Defor…”

“He has perished,” she said, wincing as he stopped short.

“I see,” he murmured. “Division two is attempting to get communications online, but it isn’t coming easily.”

“I need a healer and the fastest vehicle we have here, and I need them quickly,” Tiva said.

The group of legionnaires barricading the hall parted. Tiva sensed their eyes on her, but raised her shield to suppress whatever they were thinking and feeling.

“Understood.” He helped her inside and to the nearest chair, then ran back out.

Limping up the stairs, she entered her chamber, sat on the sleep couch, and stripped to her undergarments. She removed the tight cloth from around her wounds and leaned back, breathing heavily, trying to ignore the throbbing agony. The gashes in her shoulder, stomach, and leg were the worst of them, but several other small cuts and bruises covered her body. A light tap on her door came, and she beckoned the healer inside.

“I need this done swiftly. I have no time to delay.”

“I will do my best, Guardian Boon,” the healer said nervously, knelt on the floor and tended to her leg. Tiva bit her lip despite the healer’s gentle hands, the sting riding her spine. Once clean and dressed, the healer worked on her shoulder. Another tap on the door followed.

“Enter.”

“Guardian Boon…” Eyon rushed in and abruptly turned away. “My apologies.”

“Do not worry, we have little time, speak your mind.”

“Jarn and his division returned, and there has been an explosion at the communications tower. Lo’mu and his division are in pursuit of the saboteurs,” he said, turning only slightly. “No one else was hurt, and the mob is slowly leaving the area. What are your orders?”

“When Lo’mu returns, have him go and recover Defor’s body.” She cringed as the healer pressed the dressing against her shoulder. She retrieved the map from her belt, and slid it toward him. “Three others may still be alive in the Rebel meeting room, detain them.”

“Understood.”

“Send Jarn up here, give his division the night to recover, but double up coverage around the capital until further notice. I am returning to the palace as soon as the healer is done, there is a plot to harm the king.

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