Shadows Rising (World of Warcraft by Madeleine Roux

Author:Madeleine Roux [Roux, Madeleine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2020-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Dazar’alor

Zekhan hopped lightly from foot to foot, waiting for his moment to speak. The Zanchuli Council had put him down on their schedule, an emergency meeting called at dawn to address the growing threat of the Widow’s Bite.

He had never before presented officially in front of a crowd of important strangers, and the pressure squeezed him from every direction. The answer, he felt, was plain. Talanji needed help from the Horde, the Horde wanted to give it, and she simply had to be convinced that her personal vendettas mattered less than the safety and security of Zandalar.

However, the likelihood of swaying her to his point of view seemed less and less as she paced before the council in their lofty golden chairs, her voice clear and decisive, the council nodding in agreement with nearly every word.

“The Widow’s Bite would have us believe that they are everywhere and nowhere,” Talanji was saying. “But this is not true. They have made a mistake. Now we know what they want: They want to weaken Bwonsamdi because they believe it will weaken me.”

Servants in glittering headdresses and feathered skirts took vigorous notes behind the council members, scribbling frantically on tablets while Talanji continued her speech to the silent, enthralled audience.

“They will continue to target places of Bwonsamdi’s power. His shrines, of course, and more importantly, the Necropolis. It must not fall, but knowing where the rebels will strike means we can put a stop to this now.” She stilled, facing her council with her head held high. “We protect the shrines, we protect the Necropolis, and the Widow’s Bite will be forced into open conflict.”

Zekhan began to applaud, moved, but realized he was alone in doing so. Not only that, he was not there to support her plan, not really; he needed her to ally with the Horde, that was the primary reason Thrall had sent Zekhan in the first place. He cleared his throat and slipped further into the shadows behind the pillars of the great council chamber.

The chieftain of the Darkspear tribe had arrived just hours before dawn, alarmed by what he had read in Zekhan’s messages. A brutal storm had begun to rage off the coast, the way unpassable by sea, air the only available route. Even that was dangerous. One of Gazlowe’s flying machines had been able to safely drop him off in the harbor, but only just, damaged by the electricity brewing in the clouds, crashing offshore the moment Rokhan set foot on dry land. Zekhan had greeted his arrival with relief, thrilled to have support from not only a member of the Horde Council itself but a close friend of the queen’s.

Chieftain Rokhan stood, blood-red tabard and leather armor a stark contrast to the blue- and purple- and gold-clad council members.

“I agree with ya assessment, Queen Talanji,” he said. “But we best send those patrols now. Sentiment in the city is not good, ya majesty. These attacks make you look incompetent and weak.”

To her credit, Talanji did not flinch.

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