The Sin of Saints: The Benevolence & Blood Series by Lauren M Leasure

Author:Lauren M Leasure [Leasure, Lauren M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

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Cora fell to the ground when an arrow sank into her thigh. Her screams were just a few of a constant symphony of pain and terror echoing off the columns of the throne room. She clasped her hands together, staring up at Arturius. “Mercy! Please, Sir, I beg of you. Mercy!”

Arturius looked down his nose at the girl on the floor, a red rose of blood blooming on the skirt of her dress around the arrow that had impaled her. An arrow. They were shooting us with arrows. He bent down on one knee, slinging the bow across his back and meeting her gaze. “You, sweet girl, are not worthy.” He stood, grabbed her by the shackled wrists, and dragged her across the floor to the columns in the back. The red rose on her gown left its petals in a trail behind her as she begged and pleaded. She was chained and gagged like the rest of them. Her cries of pain made the bile rise in my throat as Arturius wrenched the arrow from her flesh and her head dropped back. Her chest still heaved, but she was unconscious.

The blood didn’t flow from my leg as quickly as Cora’s had, thankfully, but my dress still showed the evidence. I took Arturius’ arrow in my leg just as I took Higgins’ mace strikes to my ribs. I could feel my consciousness slipping away as my ribs cracked, but I remained standing. I was almost positive that every one of the bones in my left foot was broken after Garit’s hammer came down upon them, crushing them all under its wide iron head. Augusta finally broke and begged mercy through pained screams over her broken foot, promising to dedicate herself to the Saints and the service of the Board of Blood in exchange for her life. Her pleas fell on deaf ears and she was chained to a column and gagged.

I stayed silent as Raolin’s fist landed solid in my gut, his knuckles encased in a large ring of metal. Estelle made it as far as Raolin’s blow before emptying her stomach onto the floor, the vomit mixing with a pool of blood. She and I looked at each other, strangers understanding that death was imminent.

Balthazar approached Estelle with a wooden club as thick as his leg. Estelle’s chin was as high as she could hold it, her white dress now crimson. He raised the club, but Estelle yanked against her chain, trying to cover her face with her hands. He stopped. “Have you forgotten the rules, darling Estelle?” he purred. She said nothing, returning her arm to her side. Without another word, Balthazar swung the club, striking her across the face. The force knocked her to the ground where she landed with a wet slap, the blood and vomit on the marble splashing like harbor waves around her. Teeth flew from her mouth, landing like pebbles in a puddle. I couldn’t tell if the blow had killed her or simply knocked her unconscious, but Balthazar chained her to a column nonetheless.

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