Siege and Sacrifice by Holmberg Charlie N

Author:Holmberg, Charlie N. [Holmberg, Charlie N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery
ISBN: 9781542092579
Amazon: 1542092574
Goodreads: 43806068
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2019-09-17T07:00:00+00:00

Gold.

That’s what the enormous fire bull had collected. She recognized the precious metal that had been stripped from the remnants of the cathedral, Degrata, and Lily Tower scattered among other bits and chunks piled in the open space in front of the demolished Innerchord. Elfri watched from atop the library. She wasn’t alone; a smattering of other brave souls had climbed to watch Kazen’s rogue beast. Elfri thought she saw a few soldiers below, but it was too dark to be sure. Maybe they’d finally figured out it was futile to stand around shooting cannonballs at a walking volcano.

Kolosos bent and extended a massive hand, pressing it into the pile of gold. It hissed and squealed loud enough that, even from this distance, Elfri needed to cover her ears.

A man on the far corner of the roof gasped. He had a telescope held to his eye.

Elfri made her way to him, grateful for her size in a way she never had been as a girl. She tapped him firmly on the shoulder. “Give that to me.”

He eyed her. “But—”

Elfri snatched the telescope and shoved him aside, where her ever-faithful Riggers caught him.

Pressing her eye to the telescope, Elfri centered it on the monster as soon as it straightened. Move, you blundering—

And it did, revealing its creation. Was that a . . . plate? A platform of gold? But why—

Then the screaming started.

Elfri nearly dropped the telescope, and despite herself, sweat pooled in her palms and under her arms. She set her jaw and stiffened her shoulders—she hadn’t shown fear once during all of this, and she would not relent to it now. Everything would fall apart the moment she showed fear. Her men, her efforts to keep the civilians alive, her sanity.

But the monster didn’t seem to notice them on the roof. Its focus was elsewhere. Moving swiftly for its size, it whipped out its fiery arms and grabbed someone in its now-blackened claws. The person screamed and screamed, but the monster didn’t crush or burn him, merely dropped him onto the plate. And waited.

Elfri held her breath. By the time she needed to gasp for air, the man on the plate simply walked off it. No screams, no hesitation. He didn’t even run.

What on earth? She passed the telescope to Snuffs and squinted.

The monster lashed out at someone new, and another volley of screams filled the air. The soldiers did nothing. The scarlets did nothing.

And it was about time somebody did.

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