I didn’t hesitate. The harpy had confirmed herself to be reliable, even when I discovered her a bit odd. There had been a couple of event throughout which she’d proved herself helpful. She moved with extra haste than I might’ve thought her succesful. She didn’t even falter because the mountain shook, throwing me off steadiness once more.

“What’s that?” I requested, understanding rattling nicely she couldn’t reply. A minimum of not with phrases. “Is it a quake?”

She shook her head.

If it wasn’t a pure quake…

“Explosion?” I requested.

She nodded at me earlier than twisting to the proper and shuffling down a spiral staircase. The mountain shook once more and rock fell, practically blocking the trail forward of us. We have been barely in a position to scoot by. Of all of the locations I’d been within the mountain, this space was unfamiliar to me. I did my finest to maintain up regardless of all of the questions working via my thoughts.

“How?” I requested. “Was it an accident? Or an assault?”

And if it was an assault, have been they pal or foe to me? Everybody was nicely conscious of the unrest in Murvort. Osavian’s forces would like to take down Reyna, however so would half of her kingdom.

The harpy ignored me and continued working down the corridor. The mountain shook once more, and the lights flickered.

Fuck. We wanted to get out of the mountain. Earlier than it got here down on prime of us.

We rounded one other nook and skidded to a halt. Two of Reyna’s guards have been headed proper in our course. They drew their swords once they noticed us coming.

With nothing however my naked arms, I ready to struggle. I anticipated the harpy to cover behind me, however she stepped beside me, her claws appeared to develop earlier than my eyes. Claws as sharp as knives and glistening within the heat mild of the flickering lamps.

All this time, she’d been hiding her deadly benefits. She selected the proper second to disclose them.

The guards faltered for a second, however finally charged towards us with the blades held excessive. I skillfully dodged the primary try and strike, and I heard the opposite guard yell in agony. I assumed he’d met the harpy’s talons.

An animalistic cry that gave the impression of a hawk reverberated within the air. I didn’t probability a glance to see if the harpy had been struck. As a substitute, I jammed my elbow into the guard’s again and he grunted as he fell ahead on his face.

I didn’t give him an opportunity to regain his footing earlier than I jumped on his again and grabbed him by the again of his head. Pulling his hair, I introduced his head up and smashed it towards the chilly, darkish stone. I repeated the movement a number of extra occasions till his physique went limp and blood splattered the ground.

Glancing up, I seen the harpy was nonetheless engaged in battle with the second guard. She was placing up one hell of a struggle, however she wasn’t as large or robust because the guard, and I might inform her stamina was fading.

I grabbed the sword of the fallen guard. I hadn’t held a weapon in months, nevertheless it felt so proper. So pure. I deeply missed the sensation of energy I skilled after I wielded a blade.

The harpy noticed me out of the nook of her eye and elegantly maneuvered out of my method. When the guard seen my advance, he turned his blade to me as a substitute. He was panting and blood ran down the facet of his face. The harpy had landed a number of deep punctures to his arms, shoulders and head.

And whereas I held his consideration, she landed yet another to his backbone. His physique arched, and he shrieked. I didn’t even get the prospect to duel with him earlier than his lifeless physique fell to the ground.

“Rattling,” I mentioned, a bit speechless. “The place did that come from?”

She didn’t reply. She merely brushed her feathers and waltzed away. I snorted, looking at the place she had simply stood in shock. After I regained my senses, I ran to meet up with the harpy, who was now a number of strides in entrance of me. However not earlier than stealing the guard’s belt to sheath my new sword. “Grasp on,” I mentioned breathlessly. “We have to get out.”

She nodded and flicked her eyes to the ceiling like that a lot was apparent.

“However we are able to’t depart behind—”

I froze because the harpy flung open one other massive stone door, and I caught sight of the girl mendacity on the ground.

“Emilie.”

She moved slowly, like she was nonetheless in a number of ache and never fairly conscious of her environment. I rushed to kneel beside her.

Glassy eyes peered again at me as I held her face, stroking the stray hairs from her brow. I wasn’t positive she acknowledged me. Or possibly she didn’t suppose I used to be actual. “It’s me, Emilie. I’m right here. You’re okay.”

Mild fingers brushed my jaw, and she or he mouthed my identify. “Ladon?”

“Your arms are freezing.” I held her hand between mine, rubbing her pores and skin till it turned heat. Her eyes fluttered closed and I hated not having the ability to see her brown pupils.

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