Proditor : Book 5 of the Heku Series by T.M. Nielsen

Author:T.M. Nielsen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Literary, General, Fiction
Publisher: T.M. Nielsen
Published: 2010-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

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Emily woke up early the next morning to the smell of coffee and pancakes. She crawled out of bed and sat at the table to eat, wondering what the guard training would entail, and excited to finally learn how to hit without breaking her hand. Her hand was only sprained and was wrapped in an ace bandage, but felt a lot better than it had the night before. She dug through the closet to see what she could wear today and was surprised to see a black sports bra and black sweat cut-offs, then remembered that Sam told them everything about her, and she started to get dressed.

When she heard a knock, she quickly slipped on the sweat cut-offs and called out for them to enter as she rolled the waist down. William came in and sat down next to her and she went back to eating.

“The guards are ready when you are. Lieutenant Andrew will be helping you,” William told her, and glanced briefly at the curve of her waist and the contours of her abdomen.

“Thanks, I really appreciate this,” she said, and cupped the coffee in her hands.

“There are some… that want to watch. I hope you don’t mind.”

Emily frowned, “Like who?”

“Some of the council members are interested to see how the Lieutenant will show you to fight a heku,” William said, grinning slightly.

“Fun, a spectator sport,” Emily said, putting the coffee down.

“How is your hand?”

Emily held up a finger when her phone rang, “Damn, it’s Mark.”

William smiled and nodded for her to answer it.

“Hi, Mark,” Emily said, trying to sound casual.

“I just wanted to see if you’re ok,” Mark whispered.

“Why are you whispering?”

“Zohn… he’s so mad at you, that he said you’re no longer welcome back in the palace,” Mark said quietly.

Emily frowned, “Can he do that?”

“Right now, yes, but Quinn and Chevalier aren’t going to back him, and that means he’ll be outvoted… he’s pretty mad,” Mark told her.

“Exavior knows I’m here,” Emily said.

“What? How?”

“I don’t know, but he called and threatened to kill the Encala if I don’t leave.”

Emily could hear the amusement in his voice, “I hope he tries.”

She frowned, “They’re being nice to me. Why would I want Exavior to attack them?”

William chuckled.

“I have to go… Chevalier will be back in 3 days. Stay low until then.”

Emily sat her phone down when Mark hung up.

“My, my, Zohn is angrier than I thought,” William said.

Emily sighed, “He and I don’t exactly see eye-to-eye.”

“What caused that?”

“He tried to interrogate me once…”

William gasped and started to speak, but Emily held her hand up.

“Not in the chamber... but started questioning me and then called me a liar,” Emily explained.

“Were you lying?”

“Yes… but still…” Emily said, and it made perfect sense to her, but William watched her questioningly.

“So he questioned you and called your bluff… what else?”

“Isn’t that enough?” Emily asked. “Since then he’s just been a dick.”

William chuckled, “Remind me not to get on your bad side.”

Emily sighed, “Shall we go give them a show?”

“I can’t go, but your guards will take you to the training hall,” William said, and stood up.

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