Treachery by E A Weston

Author:E A Weston [Weston, E A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781530507917
Publisher: E.A. Weston
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Reagan

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I have been tossing and turning all night long waiting to hear anything of Aurelia. The room is stuffy and the ache in my body is wearing me down. Rolling off the bed, I get dressed and open the window shutters, revealing the still dark morning. The door to the room squeaks open slowly, causing the hairs to rise on my neck. Spinning around I watch as Brokk creeps inside.

“What are you doing?” I ask.

He lifts his head in surprise grinning at me. Brokk closes the door and walks toward me carrying two swords.

“I must hide these here for our escape,” he whispers.

Nodding my head I help him look for a hiding spot. We check in drawers, the closet and in the bathing room.

“They are too large,” he sighs.

“How about the old fashioned way?” I tease and lift the mattress from the bed.

“Of course, you are most clever Reagan,” he laughs quietly.

We arrange the swords beneath the mattress so that they aren’t noticeable. Brokk leaves the room telling me he will be back with some more items. I have no idea what he is doing or why he is putting everything in here. I watch as creeps back into the room a while later carrying two staffs and a small bag.

“What’s in the bag?” I ask.

“Clothing from Ari’s room, I will gather some of my own later,” he answers.

“Okay, is she back?” I ask, turning to glance out of the window.

“No,” he shakes his head. “I have had word that the hunting party is returning this morning,” he says.

“Oh okay, at least, we know she is safe,” I tell him while helping to rearrange the bed.

“For now, I fear Connor is up to something and I do not wish to be here when it happens,” he sighs.

“He really is an ass. How could the king have him as a guard?” I ask.

“I do not know. I was not here at that time. I have learned that Connor gets what he wants even by means that are untoward,” Brokk answers.

“Yeah, like how he got Aurelia.” Leaning on the windowsill, I look out over the meadow. I can’t imagine what Aurelia is doing right now and more to the point what Connor is doing to her. I really hope she is okay, Killian and Avery will hate me if anything happens to her.

We hear the sound of marching coming closer, the thump of boots as the guard appears from the tree line. Brokk sighs and leaves to meet with Connor and Aurelia. I on the other hand just stay where I am away from him. The group is large, there looks to be about fifty or sixty guards and behind them a smaller group. Then I notice that there are two figures trailing the small group who are tied by their wrists.

I watch as they march into the courtyard and then, my view is obstructed by another building. Turning away from the window I pace the room, wondering what happened out on the hunt and what exactly were they hunting for.

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