Shadow Warrior by Diener Michelle

Author:Diener, Michelle [Diener, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Romance, Fantasy
Amazon: B0796QLVQF
Goodreads: 41566161
Publisher: Eclipse
Published: 2018-01-22T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Bodies lay everywhere.

There didn't seem to be a single Dartalian guard left standing.

Hanson looked at the carnage with a grim line to her mouth, and Garek thought she was probably thinking about the attack on her own camp, and what would have happened if Taya hadn't been there.

She straightened and started calling orders, and the Iron Guard and the Garamundo guards they’d brought with them went to work, carefully lifting the fallen and taking them to their tents.

Everything was orderly and a few of the fires were still smoldering, which only made the still bodies of the guards who'd set it up all the more disturbing.

This had happened maybe four or so hours ago.

He tapped Hanson on the shoulder as two guards carried Dix past her. “That's Dix, Susa's general. I'll take her with me.”

Hanson nodded, and waved the guards toward the sky craft. “You're going to get Aidan before you go to Susa?”

He nodded. There was no question about that. The lieges would need to be personally involved in this situation.

“Hold the Corridor, General. And we'll be back as soon as we can.”

She nodded, and Garek saw the banked rage in her eyes.

No matter who came at them now, they would be met with no mercy.

He jogged back to the sky craft, made sure Dix was comfortable on a pallet in the pilot's cabin, and that Taya was still breathing evenly.

He was halfway to Juli when Dix came awake with an explosive cry.

“You're safe,” he told her, keeping his voice matter-of-fact.

She stared at him, eyes wide, and then toppled back onto her mattress.

“Your people are safe.”

He had guessed that would bother her the most, and she was quiet for a little while after that.

Eventually, she struggled back up to a seated position. “Why am I in your sky craft?”

He told her, and her gaze went to Taya, still deeply asleep.

“You only lost twenty because of her. We lost everyone.” She looked back at him. “And you say she damaged the craft?”

“That's what General Hanson believes. She said it was tilted to one side as it flew away, and the engine was making a strange sound.”

Dix drew her knees to her chest, and hugged them to her. “So where are we going now?”

“To fetch Aidan, and then fly to Susa.”

Dix grunted in satisfaction and lay back down again.

When Garek glanced at her a little while later, she was fast asleep.

Juli came into sight. The last glow of Star's light rimmed the horizon with a thin line of gold and turned the night sky a dark indigo blue. Lanterns had been lit, and light fractured and danced off the fine sprays of mist thrown up by Corinnda's Hair as the water tumbled and fell on either side of the city.

He landed on the wall, and stayed where he was, waiting for Aidan to come to him.

It only took minutes before the liege was climbing the ladder, Vent right behind him.

“Trouble?” Aidan looked at Taya and then Dix, his features hardening.

“Trouble,” Garek agreed.

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