The Journey Home: The Ingenairii Series: Beyond the Twenty Cities by Jeffrey Quyle

Author:Jeffrey Quyle [Quyle, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781475229646
Amazon: 147522964X
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16 – Escape from the Lacertii Lands

Andi awoke with a start. She had fallen asleep resting next to Alec, and had dreamed that they were both lacertii, and had made love, and she said a silent prayer of thanks that at that moment Alec couldn’t feel her spirit the way she felt his. She felt chilly, and looked down at herself, still wearing the same torn clothing she had been captured in days before, holes, rips, and missing patches both testaments to the abuse she had suffered in battle and captivity, and also the reason for her chill. She carefully rolled her body closer to Alec’s in search of his body warmth; she knew that the lacertii she was lying with was Alec, and for that reason she felt none of the revulsion she had felt towards the reptilian-appearing race throughout her captivity. She had been chained to the post the entire time she was transported, subject to slaps and pinches, blows and abuse from the lacertii soldiers who had conveyed her towards her execution. That treatment had enraged Captain Alan of Boundary Lake, who had suffered little of the same, but who had witnessed her humiliation. When an opportunity had come, he had lunged after two of the worst abusers, and snapped their necks before his body had been pierced with swords.

Alec yawned loudly, and Andi slapped her hand over his mouth to silence him, fearful of guards that might be stationed at their entrance. His eyes flew open, swinging about wildly as he tried to establish his location, until he saw her, and he relaxed. She removed her hand from his mouth, and motioned to the dim entrance hole, lit by the morning light outside, then she returned her supply of weaponry to Alec, replacing the knives in his bandolier and the sword in his scabbard.

He nodded, then held her hand; she felt him apply Healing energy to himself, completing the repair of the wounds he had suffered at her hand. Let’s get out of here and out into the city, he suggested when he finished. We can deal with your transformation after we’re secure.

She nodded and stood as he did. He noticed her shiver, and reached out to touch her with his Healing energy, warming her body and drawing a grateful smile. He dropped his Healing energy and seized upon his Light power, then created the bubble of invisibility that hid the two of them as they walked along the side of the wagon and approached the gaping hole in the entrance to the sally port. Alec stepped out first, taking their protection with him, and Andi stepped through right behind him.

Four guards were posted at the entrance, and a stack of sledgehammers were piled next to the entrance, testimony to the industrious activity that would soon be underway. The human and the lacerta refugees strolled up the drive they had entered upon, and came to the gates that led to the city streets beyond the palace.

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