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2024-10-29 19:42:56Dressed in a military uniform, the man was leaning against the front portion of the battlement on both elbows, near the flagpole Seph needed to access. She had no idea how she might overpower him if he turned and saw her, but despite her less than graceful entrance, he was still facing away from her.
Carefully, Seph dropped to the ground, bouncing so as not to land heavily on the stone landing and startle him. There was a slight thunk when she hit, but he still didn’t turn.
Seph took careful steps closer to him, pulling the knife she’d brought along with her out of its sheath and holding it at her side. She prayed this man would turn out to be a friend, someone who knew Eli, or who would take the side of the princess. But if it came down to a fight with a trained man holding a sword, she didn’t think there would be much she could do to defend herself.
She was within five steps of the man when she realized he was snoring. Seph could hardly belie
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Once the men’s footsteps had faded away, Seph risked a peek from behind the barrel. She saw no one to her left, and off to her right, she could see the same soldiers who had been standing there the entire time she was on the roof. No one else seemed to be coming from that direction. Seph needed to move, now.Gliding around the far side of the barrel, away from the tower so that Lig might not see her, if he was still awake, Seph got to her feet and ran to the back side of the battlement. As far as she could see, no one was coming. Up past the staircase door, she saw the soldiers who had been here a few moments ago fading in the distance. With her head down and her hood up, Seph sprinted for the staircase door and paused next to it, listening.If she stepped into the long, winding stairwell while soldiers were coming up, she’d have little place to hide. They’d have to meet eventually, unless she ran back up the stairs. Somehow, she’d need to make
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Eli was the last to make it back to Kit’s chambers after everyone’s tasks were complete. He came through the door in the wall and was instantly relieved to see everyone else had made it back safely. Seph in particular had worried him, not that anyone’s responsibilities had gone without danger.“Eli!” Cassius shout-whispered as Eli closed the door and secured it. “Did you find her? Where’s Kit?”“I did. She’s in the East Tower, just as we suspected.”“How is she? Is she all right?” Jate stepped forward so that now Eli had two Representatives in his face.“She’s as well as can be expected. Anxious, maybe a little bored, but otherwise unharmed.”“You spoke to her?” Now Danyen managed to edge his way between the other two.“I did. I spent a bit of time with her.”“Inside of the tower? Why didn’t you bring her
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The sun was up before Cassius dozed off. Trying to sleep while Kit was locked up in the tower just felt wrong. While he trusted Eli’s judgment and knew he would never do anything to harm the princess, if he had known that Eli wasn’t going to bring her back with him, he would’ve never consented to letting him be the one who went to find her.None of that mattered when a loud pounding on his door woke him just a few hours after he’d finally fallen asleep. He was confused at first, blinking and wiping drool from his chin, his hair disheveled, and his clothing wrinkled from sleeping fully dressed. By the time he reached the door, the pounder had demanded his attention at least twice more. “Just a moment!” he shouted, lifting the bar.Queen’s Guard—six of them. Cassius was awake now. “What is it?”“Queen Rona demands your presence at once.” It was scar-face. Vin, Cassius thought his name was. His
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Cassius was stunned. He blinked several times, trying his best to look innocent. “Wh-who, who would ever seek to dethrone you, the rightful ruler, Queen Rona?”Her eyes penetrated into his like two beams of light cast down from the heavens, though not ethereal in any way. “I’m not sure. But I believe there is someone. Perhaps you know.”“I don’t know anything, my Queen. In fact, when I thought I saw the duke, I went to the guards, your guards. If I was in cahoots with your husband, why would I do such a thing?”She had to ponder that for a moment, which seemed like a win to Cassius. But then, her line of questioning took a sharp turn for the worse. “Let me ask you this, Cassius. What if it is my daughter who seeks the crown before it is her time? What would you do then?”“Princess Katrinetta?” He did his best to sound shocked. “Your Majesty, your daughter is completely loyal to
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Kit sat in her prison cell far longer than she expected to before anyone brought the morning meal. When the soldier came in and set it down on the table near the window, he said nothing, certainly didn’t question how she’d managed to change gowns. That had been several hours ago. The uneaten porridge sat crusting over in the bowl, the core of an apple, the only food she’d eaten, lay next to it. She was glad to have her tea, the special blend Armant had her drinking several times a day while she was in the midst of her Choosing. Though it tasted a little bitter, and she had never much cared for it, at least it seemed like a bit of normal.Staring at specks she assumed were people was all she had found to entertain herself, and even then her mind often wandered to the ones she missed most, that and how she was supposed to incite a revolution when she couldn’t even leave the room. Footsteps on the stairs had her turning her head away from the window. Whoe
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Kit’s eyes doubled in size. Cass was in the dungeon? Had he really been implicated in the revolt, or was this simply her mother’s way of getting him out of the picture? More tears slid down her cheeks as Kit fought to breathe. “That can’t be, Mother. You know he is loyal to you. He’s Grandmother’s favorite by far.”“And yet, when I asked him directly about his loyalty, he was defiant to my face, saying he no longer supported me as queen.”“But... who does he support then?” Kit asked, praying that her prying didn’t explode in her face. Just what did her mother know of their efforts?Rona looked pained. “A woman who currently resides in Antoinetta. She’s been making plans to claim the throne for years. You’ve inquired about the state of our citizenry, poor roads, poor pay, subpar living conditions. All of the crown’s funding has been used for years to keep her at bay, b
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Once they arrived at Kit’s room, Vin ordered Kit’s guard out of the way so that he could set up shop outside of her door, but the princess didn’t wait for them to negotiate. Instead, she opened the door for herself and went in, barring it behind her.“Katrinetta!” Avinia flew at her, followed closely by Seph and Isla. The four of them stood with their arms around each other for several minutes, despite the confrontation happening on the other side of the door. “How are you?” Avinia took a step back and looked her cousin over. “Are you well?”“I’m fine.” Physically it was true. Kit glanced over her shoulder, just as she heard Galter demand his men be left at their station. Taking her cousins by the elbow, she led them away from the door, and Seph followed. “Have you heard from Cassius?”“No, he was sent for this morning, and he hasn’t returned.” Isla was biting h
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Wrenbrook seemed almost as deep as it was wide as Kit followed Eli through secret passages, down winding stairwells, and through labyrinths so dark at times she couldn’t see her hand in front of her face. With Jate and Landon directly behind her, and Reeve following several steps behind them to make sure they were not being followed, she felt relatively safe for the moment. But the closer they got to the dungeon, the more Kit’s stomach sank as she thought about what she might discover there. The possibilities of an angry mob attacking her for the sins of her mother, or the guards alerting the queen of their insurrection, were both possibilities.The odor of mildew infiltrated her lungs as the floor evened out and they stopped descending. Then, another smell caught her attention. It could only be described as human waste mixed with the body odor of hundreds of people who had not been clean for some time, with notes of decay and rot. Kit tried not to gag; she didn&r
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Eventually, Kit stepped back, signaling she was done, and her party faded into the hallway. Eli was right, there was much to be done, and Kit wasn’t even sure where to begin with the task of restoring the realm to its former glory. But there was no doubt her first appointment with the council would be to approve the new law that would allow her to rule before the end of her Choosing, one that would allow her to keep all seven of the men who stood around her now.As if reading her mind, Zora, her great-aunt and a distinguished member of the council stepped forward. “Queen Katrinetta, I would like to present to you a new law, passed by the council earlier this day. All it needs is your signature.”Confused, Kit took the sheet of parchment and began to read. When her eyes reached the bottom of the paper, she looked up. “How did you know...?”“Junno explained everything to us,” Nil said, stepping forward. “And we agree
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“We love you, Kit. We’ll always be here for you,” Jate said to her right.“Even when we’re broken,” Danyen added, getting a giggle out of her and the others.“It’s our privilege to be with you,” Drake said in his deep, steady voice.Reeve took her hand. “Your belief in us has shaped us into who we are.”“And given us the confidence to stand with you as you become queen,” Landon said in her ear.“It’s all been well-worth it, Kit, to see you take the throne.” Cassius was still battered, but he looked much better now, with a smile on his face, than he had since Kit had found him in the dungeon.Kit shifted her eyes to Eli, assuming he would also say something. His eyes darted around several times, and she could tell he was attempting to come up with something no one else had said, but they’d all expressed themselves so well, it was a difficult
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No longer frightened of the woman who used to terrorize her, Kit raised her arms between her mother’s bringing them down to the sides quickly so as to prevent her mother from ever making contact with her neck. Rona’s arms snapped down and she winced in pain. Her eyes bulged in surprise at her daughter’s strength. Kit took advantage of her mother’s stunned expression long enough to plant her fist in Rona’s right eye. Her mother rocked backward, grabbing at her face as Kit felt Eli’s familiar hand on her shoulder, seeking to calm her. Clearly, the older woman was no physical threat to Kit or anyone else.The bejeweled, golden crown atop Rona’s head wobbled as the queen staggered from the blow. It slid free, tumbling toward the floor. Kit reached out a hand and plucked it from the air. “The goddess have spoken!” she declared, ignoring the fact that it was the force of her own strike that had dislodged the crown. Nearly everyo
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Watching the battle take place from the hallway had been unsettling for Kit, especially when she saw Eli faltering. For a moment, it had looked as if Vin might be victorious. Her attention had been pulled away when she learned Danyen was injured. Despite Galter’s best efforts to stop her, the princess insisted on going in and tending to him, and she had been there, placing pressure on the wound when Armant arrived. Danyen apologized for not being as handy with a sword as he was a quill, but Kit had only kissed him and assured him he was perfect in her sight.And then she’d seen hesitancy in Cassius and Eli as they considered mercy for Vin, the monster who had hurt and tortured so many. Ending him seemed like the right thing to do for all of the people of Yewforia, though she could never fault her men for weighing the costs of taking a life, even when that life was as worthless as scar face’s.She’d been stunned to see Jecob standing on the dais,
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Across the room, Eli heard a shout and a roar of laughter. He could hardly let the situation distract him, but his head flickered in that direction for a moment, and he saw Danyen on the ground, grasping his middle. Drake was there and ended the laughing soldier who’d stabbed Danyen, but the Representative looked seriously wounded. Looking around the room, as he saw Vin trying to take advantage of his distraction, out of the corner of his eye, Eli spotted a member of his own guard who had just finished a man off. “Nen! Go to the infirmary and fetch Armant, as quickly as you can!”Eli hardly had time to see the guardsman nod in understanding before Vin’s persistence paid off, and his sword caught Eli in the left shoulder. It was a glancing blow as Eli dodged to his right, but this wound was deeper than the last and hurt more. It was not enough to slow him, though. Eli came flying back at Vin with a vengeance, thinking of his comments about Kit, how he h
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The scene in the throne room was chaotic at best. Looking around, Eli quickly ascertained the situation. While the revolutionaries and several members of the Princess’s Guard had the upper hand, there were still twenty or thirty members of the Queen’s Guard and military doing their best to defend the door to the queen’s chambers.Across the room, Eli caught sight of a familiar set of dark eyes grimacing in his direction, and the Commander narrowed his focus as he stared him down. Scar face didn’t take his eyes off of Eli as he began to work his way through assailants, cutting them down easily as he moved toward his target. As he advanced, the aura of pure evil shifted the room such that darkness seemed to blot out everything around them until only Eli and the man who’d tried to end him remained. One of them would not walk out of this room.His concentration was broken when he heard another recognizable voice shout, “Goedwig! You&rsqu
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The door to the castle was nearly nonexistent. Shards of wood hung from the upper posts, a few clung to the doorjambs, but for the most part, what had been an elegant entryway was now reduced to nothing but splinters and flecks of gold paint, thanks to the battering ram Eli had mentioned earlier.Realizing the only weapon she had was the small dagger, Kit scoured the ground for a sword. She saw one lying on the floor just inside of the castle entrance and picked it up, certain the poor fellow reposing nearby would no longer need it. She turned to tell her ladies they should do the same but noted they were already armed. Seph and Isla both had swords, though not as large and cumbersome as the one Kit had just procured, and Avinia had a bow she must’ve been carrying on her saddle, a quiver strung to her back.Armant and the other men who had come along with him stepped forward. “This is where we must leave you. We’ll head to the infirmary and check on t
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“Are the two of you at peace now?” Kit asked Eli and Cassius.“I suppose so,” Eli began. “If he wants to go off and get himself killed, there will be one less person to share you with.” He smiled at Cassius, a mischievous twinkle in his eye, and the larger man reached around Kit and popped him in the arm.“You’d better not get yourself killed. Any of you.” Kit looked around and saw all seven of the men she’d chosen nearby, five of them already saddled and ready to go, the other two done arguing. While she hadn’t made Drake’s appointment official, she would, as soon as she knew the outcome of the battle at hand.Kit’s hip was still aching from where she cut it on the door earlier. Normally, she’d be able to mount Belle by herself, but with her leg torn up, she decided it would be easier to ask for help. Turning to Eli, she asked, “Will you give me a boost?”&ldq
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Avinia had quite an entourage with her, including several wagons’ worth of food and water, clean clothes, a few weapons, and Armant with medical supplies. She’d enlisted some castle servants to drive the wagons, and as soon as they reached the remaining prisoners, they also helped the physician as he began to assess wounds and care for the sick and injured. Bea, his nurse who was also a faithful member of the revolt, was there to help as well.Kit wasn’t sure who to go to first. Both of her cousins, along with their husbands, dropped down from their horses, and Kit could see Avinia’s eyes searching for her through the crowd. But she also wanted to run to Drake and Danyen, who were bringing up the end of the line, along with Gavin, Asher, and a few of the other remaining Representatives.The men would have to wait. Avinia rushed over, embracing Kit quickly before she backed up. “You smell terrible.”“Thank you. I just sli
