Alice Games by Michelle R Reid

Author:Michelle R Reid [Reid, Michelle R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heart Dreams Press
Published: 2018-03-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Ali!”

Collecting myself and quickly categorizing all the information I had learned in this ruined castle, I stood up and started to push my way through the dense trees. “Hareson! Lional?” I called back to them. The patch trees of wasn’t as wide as it seemed, and the words had barely left my mouth when I stepped out onto a bare road.

Hareson and Lional stood just feet from me. They both wore telltale signs of the fight that had been raging when I ran away, but they were both alive.

“Where’s Red Queen?” I thought she’d be here with them.

Hareson motioned to the right. “She was needed at a Munchkin village a little farther down the road. We took her there before coming back for you.”

I nodded slowly and tugged at my hair. “Is she okay?”

Lional snorted. “Of course she is.”

I smiled. Of course she is. As if he would let anything happen to her. But I wasn’t really asking about her physical wellness.

Lional and Hareson were still injured—Oz had not yet reset, so it was still the same day. I looked up at the sky. I wasn’t an expert on time based on sun locations, but things didn’t seem to add up. By the location of the sun, it was a lot later than when the raid started.

“How long was I in there?” I asked.

Hareson pulled out a watch from his breast pocket. He clicked it open. “Seven hours and twenty-three minutes. Why do you ask?” He snapped it shut and put it away.

I shook my head. “No, I couldn’t have been gone that long.” I was only lost for a couple of hours before Ace came. How much distance was between me and the Emerald Castle now? Was I going to make it by False Dawn?

Lional looked at the trees, face hard and almost regretful. “That Domain is separated from this world. It’s time and ours are different.”

I stared at him, a little surprised at how quickly he answered. After all, the last time I was with him, I’d been fighting with his beloved queen. My eyes skimmed over the torn patch on his white shirt and the gauze wrapped around his arm. His abrasive personality was off-putting, but I’d seen the way he fought to protect Red Queen and me. Even if he could permanently die, he would still lay down his life for her and, consequently, me. The perfect Queen’s Knight.

What was it White Wizard had said to Ace? Something about the Knight of Oz. “Have you ever heard of the Knight of Oz?” I asked.

Lional jolted like he was struck with lightning. His lips pulled down in a surprised frown.

Hareson frowned too, but in a puzzled way. His head cocked to the side, ears twitching. “The Knight of Oz? Where did you hear that, Ali?”

“Ah, I don’t remember where I heard it.” I waved my hands, trying to dismiss his question. “I just did, and I wanted to know if you knew who he was.”

Lional muttered something about “Odd Alice” under his breath and walked off.

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