Balfor's Salvation by Trombley Susan

Author:Trombley, Susan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Though it took everything Stacia had to remain obedient to the physical orders of the umbrose guard—who didn’t even bother to give her verbal commands she wouldn’t understand—she did her best. She followed where he led, when her legs twitched to break away from his loose hold on her arm and run. Common sense told her there was nowhere she could go to escape her fate anyway. But it wasn’t common sense that kept her going. She worried about Lilith’s fate now too. Like it or not, Lilith had openly supported Stacia in this public debacle. Stacia’s behavior would reflect on her best friend. She should have realized that before, instead of letting her impulsive anger drive her actions.

Which meant that, despite her fear of what was going to happen next, and despite the staring from the crowds of umbrose they’d passed, Stacia kept her head up and tried to remain strong. She’d been in dangerous situations before. Of course, she’d also been armed and fully armored those other times. Now she had nothing to protect her. The situation reminded her of being arrested by the Peace Keepers. Anxiety tried to swamp her, but she struggled against it and won the battle, finding a place of surreal calm.

The guard led her through the city, back towards the palace, then past the Trilospires to another large spire a short walk beyond it. It was a spire that Stacia had not yet visited during her three weeks here. Since there were still many places in Sanctuary she had yet to visit, that wasn’t surprising. What was surprising, not to mention very worrisome, was the crowd of umbrose filing into the building, both on the ground and flying in through the open terraces all along the height of the spire.

There were more umbrose present than she’d ever seen in one place. And every last one of them stared at her as she went past. There was muttering, but she didn’t understand it and was grateful for that. Yet, despite the hard eyes on her, none of the umbrose actually called out to her as if they were calling her names or doing any of the other hateful things she’d seen humans do during a public Censure. No one flung anything at her. No one made a move towards her at all. They just watched, and judged—their disapproval visible in their crossed arms, tense wings, and condemning frowns from the males. The females watched her with wide eyes, their expressions concealed behind veils.

The guard maneuvered her past the crowd and into a side entrance of the spire. He led her through a long, dark corridor which was thankfully clear, so she didn’t stumble or bump into anything. They were out of it again before her eyes adjusted to the change in light. When she looked at the sight that loomed in front of her, she regretted being able to see again. It appeared that she was getting to see the arena that she’d been so anxious to visit earlier.

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