Blood of the Redd Guard - Part Two (9 page)
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Authors: Dan Decker
Was it possible everybody was deceived, or perhaps was the evidence she was looking for all around her in the first place? Could it not be argued that their way of life was so ingrained towards preparing against the Hunwei’s return, that there was no way this could all have happened if it was based on a lie?
The man let his words sink in before continuing. “What was Semal looking for in the Paroke archives?”
When Nelion didn’t answer, the man took the knife and touched the tip to the outside of her forearm. He pressed the blade until it punctured her skin and looked up at her with a smile. His precision reminded Nelion of a surgeon as he sliced down her arm with a slow and steady hand.
The pain wasn’t as bad as watching the blood drip down her arm. She started to shake. After several deep breaths that cleared her mind, she could hold still again. It wasn’t a deep cut, she wondered how many it would take before the loss of blood would become an issue.
“Are you ready to talk?”
Nelion didn’t answer.
The man sighed, punctured her arm, and made another cut parallel to the first. The man was on the third when there was a commotion at the door.
Nelion looked up in time to see soldiers rush into the room. A handful of the masked people by the door were cut down. Several of the unmasked figures brought up their hoods and tried to put on their masks. One took a sword in the chest while another lost his head, his mask clattering to the floor.
Nelion kicked the man that was torturing her in the groin and felt a swell of satisfaction when he cried out, even though the sound was lost amid the confusion of the room. She kicked him again, harder with as much leverage as she could manage and almost toppled over. He hunched over in pain just as a soldier rammed a sword into his gut.
Relief flooded into Nelion, as she witnessed the situation change within a matter of minutes. Adar’s soldiers had found her.
It wasn’t until the action had died down in the room that Nelion realized the soldiers belonged to Paroke army, not Napael. When General Helam Morgol entered the room a few moments later, he only had eyes for the woman that had been beating Nelion.
“At last, we come to this Elaire,” the General said. “Our agreement protects you no longer.”
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