Truth’s Blade (THE RISING WAVE #4) by Michelle Diener EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Michelle Diener
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He had lost his charges.
Theo stared at the wreck that had been the novices’ camp site. The only
conclusion he could draw was that they had been taken, and violently.
He lifted two fingers to his lips and gave a high, loud whistle. The noise
caused his horse to shake its head and he patted its neck in apology and
dismounted, forcing himself to take in as much detail as he could as he
worked out what had happened.
Here, Ricardo had stabbed his attacker. Theo studied the blood that
stained the sharp end of one of the sticks Ric was always whittling by the
fire.
Here, Genevieve had tried to use the leather sling she kept in her pocket
at all times. The stone lay not far from the sling, so it had most likely been
knocked out of her hand.
Theo bent and picked up both stone and sling and slid it into the bag he
carried across his chest.
He turned at the sound of hooves, caught sight of his uncle, and went
back to analyzing the scene.
Four children, out for a week on the plains, in what was to be their first
taste of what it meant to be Cervantes, with him and his uncle camped
nearby in case they needed help.
And they had been taken.
It was a nightmare that held the echoes of the past.
Of the days when young Cervantes—the younger the better—had been
stolen by the Kassian queen and put into the diabolically named Chosen
Camps.
Theo had been lucky to have never experienced that.
His uncle, who was dismounting behind him and cursing at the sight of
the camp, knew about being taken all too well. He had been one of the
Chosen. Had fought his way out of captivity by their leader’s side, and had
overcome their enemy.
Luc Franck, and his uncle Rafe, had managed to turn the tables on the
Kassian army. They had fought back, and they had won.
“This is bad,” Rafe said. He bent on one knee, thrusting his hand into
the dead coals of the small camp fire. “There’s a tiny bit of heat left in
there,” he said. “They’ve got five or six hours on us.”
He stood suddenly, and for a moment, Theo thought he would have to
catch his uncle before he fell.
“This can’t be happening again.” Rafe swayed, then snapped straight.
“All of them are gone?”
“I’m about to check the perimeter. See if any of them managed to
escape and hide.” Theo realized he was speaking as if soothing a wild
horse.
Rafe nodded, then blundered into the bush. Theo stared after him, at the
sight of a man in panic. A man who’d never been anything but calm and
thoughtful.
Theo took the opposite direction, hoping at least one of his students got
away, but not expecting it.
They met back at the camp, and Theo studied Rafe before he swung
back into the saddle. “I found tracks. They brought a cart to transport the
children.”
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