Uprising by J Thorn & Zach Bohannon & Kim Petersen

Author:J Thorn & Zach Bohannon & Kim Petersen [Thorn, J & Bohannon, Zach & Petersen, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Molten Universe Media
Published: 2018-08-27T23:00:00+00:00

24

They didn’t chase us far. Most of the guards had been overweight and lazy, never needing to exert themselves beyond an occasional club upside somebody’s head. They saw Wyllow, Kora, and I, but they ran for only a few minutes before hunching over, hands on their knees as they hurled obscenities at us. As far as they were concerned, we were lost profit and nothing else. For them, there would always be fresh meat, and therefore it didn’t make sense to spend time and energy hunting us down.

At least, that’s what I thought at the time.

It didn’t take long for me to realize just how brutal the desert could be. Most of my journey from Seattle had been in the wagon, and while being chained up inside that cage hadn’t exactly been comfortable, we had gotten moldy bread and water—which was more than we had now. We quickly found ourselves being blasted by the mid-day sun without anything more than the clothes on our backs.

I dragged my feet along as they began to feel like heavy bricks in my boots. We’d been walking the desert for hours without stopping even though I hadn’t seen any evidence that the guards had continued after us.

Kora and Wyllow walked silently on each side of me. Neither had so much as uttered a word to the other during the long hike, and I had given up trying to smooth the tension between them. They would just have to suck it up and learn to get along. After all, it wasn’t like they had much choice other than to be in each other’s company given the current circumstances. I rolled my eyes as I moved between them, shrugging off their attitudes as we approached a series of wind-swept sand dunes and gigantic, sun-bleached boulders.

“We’ll take a break along the shaded side of those boulders.” I gestured ahead before looking back at them.

Kora narrowed her eyes and turned to Wyllow. “Got any spells to conjure water?”

“I don’t cast spells,” Wyllow said, scrunching up her face. “Besides, if I could conjure up water, you’d be the last person I’d give it to.”

Kora snorted. “Doesn’t surprise me none. Bet you’d save it all for Rayna. You got a fancy on her, don’t ya, witch?”

Wyllow skidded to a halt, turning on Kora.

“I told you, I am not a witch.” Wyllow looked at me as if she’d been dealing with an insolent child. She then shook her head and looked at Kora again. “Rayna happens to be a unique human being, and if you weren’t so preoccupied with yourself, you might realize that and shut your mouth!”

Kora’s lips curled as she took a deliberate step toward Wyllow.

“Who the hell do you think you’re talking to? You better shut your mouth before I shut it for you. Permanently.”

Before Wyllow could respond, I stepped between them, facing Kora.

“Both of you, stop. We have more urgent things to worry about than whether or not Wyllow is a witch.”

“Not.”

“She is.”

I all but growled, glancing back and forth between them.

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