To Be a Maestro by John Buttrick

Author:John Buttrick
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Epic, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2014-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen: The Assault

Leah watched in horror as a blood-covered disembodied hand left a knife plunged to the hilt in Daniel’s chest between his neck and chain mail. Peripherally she was aware of blue lances of light launching at the anatomical likely position of the hand-owner’s body. A man in black silk appeared when one of the lances pierced him and within mere moments his body was jerked to the right, left, and forward, blood spurting from every wound, as blue beams punched holes in his torso. One passed right through his temple, spraying blood and gray matter out to the left, and the last lance pinned his back against the wall. The Accomplished’s death had come upon him fast and furious.

Her main focus was on the Chosen Vessel. She dropped to the floor beside him and summoned Beak Strike. Amethyst light in the shape of a tiny beak, meant for surgical precision, formed at the end of her finger, and she carefully cut through the chain mail and cotton undershirt all the way down to his belt. The right side of the garments fell away and she swept the other part to the left, exposing his bloody upper torso. A flute fell to the floor. Why would he carry a crescendo between his undershirt and chain mail? All questions could wait. She placed her right hand on his forehead and her left palm on his abdomen over his navel and cast, Hearts Beat As One. Even with him being unconscious, the pain his body endured assaulted her as if it was her own, yet she did not allow such to distract from the task at hand. His right lung had been lacerated and was filling with blood. The knife had missed his jugular vein by a hair. She added a Da Capo to the spell and then cast, Heal Wounds. The spell should instantly heal the flesh as the blade slides free, she hoped.

“Someone pull out the knife, straight and fast or you will cut his jugular, and get me two jugs of water, each with a straw,” She called out and heard the sound of feet running to obey as Sentinels and support staff encircled the two of them.

Silvia yanked the blade out in one quick motion. “Daniel’s blood on the flute of Della Lain,” the Teki spoke under her breath. Leah could not allow the statement to distract her, no matter how intriguing the information.

“Will he live?” a Pentrosan man with a pair of gold bars on each shoulder inquired.

“I will not permit him to die,” Leah replied.

A woman, who looked to be in her early thirties with long dark hair pulled back ponytail-styled, squatted beside her with two jugs. “I have the water.”

“Good, place a straw in his mouth and the one from the other jug in mine,” Leah instructed, and silently blessed the woman for not pestering her as to why.

As Leah drank through the straw, Hearts Beat As One, forced Daniel to do the same and she kept drinking until the jugs were empty.

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