The Blade Bearers (Blade and Bone Book 6) by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2023-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

LILY

The evacuation was going about as well as Lily would’ve expected. They were dealing with thousands of people—more than she had anticipated needing to evacuate—and trying to keep everyone moving in the same direction. There were times when she thought that herding an entire group of her talismans might’ve been easier.

The line slowly snaked its way out of the city. They had been careful about how they approached the evacuation, not wanting to reveal what they were doing, or how they were doing it, to the Alainsith in the harbor. Lily wasn’t sure that they had managed to keep it a secret, but she thought they were moving away from the city steadily enough and quietly enough that they should be able to keep from drawing attention.

Assuming the Alainsith didn’t have spies.

That was the part Lily didn’t know, as at this point, she wasn’t entirely positive that everybody in the city was still on board with what they were doing. There had been too many who had already sided with the Alainsith, regardless of how dangerous and violent they were.

“You don’t have to worry about us,” Louisa said, looking over to Lily. The older hegen woman was dressed in a headscarf and had on a gray gown with a matching cloak. Lily wasn’t even sure where she had gotten it. “We’ve been keeping them moving.”

“I know,” Lily said, standing on the sweeping hillside, looking down at the path that led away from the city and headed toward what she knew to be the Alainsith lands. From there…

That depended on what they found and how far, and fast, the people were willing to push. She wished that she knew where Jal had gone off to, as they were going to need his help, and perhaps even his permission, to send these people across the Alainsith lands. Kanar seemed to believe that it wouldn’t be much of an issue, as did Esmerelda, but Lily didn’t know whether or not she could believe that. She wasn’t certain it was safe for her to believe that.

These had become her people.

They weren’t hegen, though.

That was a strange thought. In some ways she had never believed she would be a part of the hegen in any way to be granted the ability to lead them, but having been away from her people for as long as she had and then reuniting with them, she felt a connection that made it so she wanted nothing more than to stay as one of them.

It went beyond that, though.

Part of her felt as if she still had to make amends for what she had done while working for the citadel.

At least she no longer feared her art, and her ability.

She traced her finger over a thick sliver of bone that she’d carved. She had several in her satchel, each with the potential to do quite a bit of damage if she were to trigger them, as Lily wanted to ensure that she was prepared for the likelihood that she might have to create a distraction.

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