Succubus Summoner 3: A High Fantasy Romance by Virgil Knightley & Annabelle Hawthorne

Author:Virgil Knightley & Annabelle Hawthorne [Knightley, Virgil & Hawthorne, Annabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wet Leaf Press LLC
Published: 2024-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Samuel leaned back against the cool stone of the ancient tunnel. The two widows that had joined him in the courthouse had wrapped Seraphine in webbing before dragging her along behind them. The tunnel shook briefly, causing loose bits of stone to fall from the ceiling where they skittered across the floor.

“It should hold,” the King assured them as Ivanna set him down against the wall across from Samuel. “These tunnels have been here for centuries. Carved out by dwarven stonemasons. They’ve been through much worse than this.”

“Where do they go?” Samuel asked absently. The pain and exhaustion running through him sapped him of his usual enthusiasm for dwarven craftsmanship.

King Radomir motioned vaguely with one hand. “All over. There were a great deal of other fortifications in the city long ago. The tunnel network connected them for moving supplies and soldiers.”

“I’ve never read anything about them,” Samuel admitted as he tried to adjust his posture against the wall to get more comfortable. There wasn’t any position he could find that relieved the pain in a substantive way.

“It’s not known to the general public,” the King replied. “Most of the nobility are even unaware of such things until I deem it necessary for them to know. Military personnel acquire knowledge of it only at the highest ranks, in the interests of discretion.”

Samuel nodded a little in acknowledgment as he stared down the long tunnel into the darkness. The battle in the courthouse had done enough damage to bring them to the lower levels, giving them access to one of the tunnel entrances. “Would a Justicar have such knowledge?”

“Not all of them, but a significant amount would—” The King stopped suddenly, realizing what Samuel was implying. He closed his eyes, swearing under his breath.

Samuel nodded again. “I guess it’s safe to say we know how they got inside the city undetected, then.”

“We could always wake her up and ask her,” Ivanna suggested, poking Seraphine’s unconscious form with her foot.

With a flick of his wrist, Samuel conjured a dim mote of light that hovered in the center of the tunnel, allowing him to view the webbed woman more clearly. “No, I don’t think she’ll be conscious for a while.”

“Will she live?” The King asked, a note of concern clinging to his words.

Samuel nodded but didn’t want to get into the details of the magic he’d used to disable her finally. Considering the revelations they’d been given in the fight, he wasn’t sure how Radomir would take such knowledge. “She’s just overloaded and needs rest, I suspect.”

“You suspect?” Radomir pressed. “You’re uncertain?”

“I’ve never used the spell before,” Samuel admitted. “It’s completely untested, something of a desperation maneuver. She was more powerful than I gave her credit for.”

The King chuckled a little bit in response. “That sounds about right. Her mother had that way about her as well.”

“Forgive me for my directness, Your Majesty,” Samuel grunted, nodding toward Seraphine. “But what’s the story here?”

The King stared at him for a moment in silence, glancing at Ivanna and the succubi standing guard for them.

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