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The white cuffs of Siri’s dress suddenly began to bend with color She looked up with hope as they entered a last rooroup of priests and soldiers
"Susebron!" she said, straining against her captives
He took a step toward her, but a guard held his arht All seone No need to pretend now
The God King looked down at his ar it free, but another soldier stepped up to help hold hilanced at this man, then at Siri, confused
"I don’t understand either," she said
Treledees entered the room "Bless the Colors," he said "You’ve arrived Quickly, we o This place is not safe"
"Treledees," Siri said, turning to glare at hinored her
"I am your queen," Siri said "You will answerher He turned with an annoyed look "A group of Lifeless has attacked the palace, Vessel They are trying to get to the God King"
"I figured out that much, priest," Siri snapped "Who are they?"
"We don’t know," Treledees said, turning from her As he did, a distant scream cahting
Treledees glanced toward the sounds "We have to move," he said to one of the other priests There were, perhaps, a dozen of them in the room, as well as a half-dozen soldiers "The palace has too es It would be too easy to surround us"
"The back exit?" the other priest said
"If we can get to it," Treledees responded "Where is that squadron of reinforce, Your Grace," a new voice said Siri turned to see Bluefingers, looking haggard, enter through the far door with a couple of wounded soldiers "The ene this way"
Treledees cursed
"We have to get His Majesty to safety!" Bluefingers said
"I’m well aware of that," Treledees snapped
"If the east wing has fallen," the other priest said, "on’t be able to get out that way"
Siri watched, helpless, trying to get Bluefingers’s attention He"Your Grace," Bluefingers said "We can escape through the tunnels"
The sounds of fighting were growing closer It seemed to Siri that their room was virtually surrounded by combat
"Perhaps," Treledees said as one of his priests rushed to the door to peek out The soldiers who had co One of theo," Bluefingers said urgently
Treledees was quiet Then he walked over to one of the fallen soldiers and picked up the man’s sword "Very well," he said "Gendren, take half of the soldiers and go with Bluefingers Take His Majesty to safety" He looked at Bluefingers "Seek the docks, if you can"
"Yes, Your Grace," Bluefingers said, looking relieved The priests released the God King, and he rushed to Siri, taking her in his arh her e with him made sense--the look in his eyes indicated that he had a plan to save her and the God King, get the to her
One of the priests gathered three of the soldiers and thenout They waved to Siri and the God King The other priests joined Treledees, taking weapons froriers pulled on Siri’s arm "Come, et you out of this mess"
"What about the priests?" she asked
Treledees glanced at her "Foolish girl Go! The attackers arein this direction We will let them see us, then ill lead them in another direction They will assu is" The priests with hiht, they would be slaughtered
"Coers hissed
Susebron looked at her, frightened She slowly let Bluefingers tug her and the God King to the side, to where the solitary priest and three soldiers had been joined by a group of servants in brown So had told her
Don’t make too many waves until you’re ready to strike, he had said Sudden and surprising, that’s how you want to do things You don’t want to appear nonthreatening--people are always suspicious of the innocent The trick is to appear average
Average
It was good advice Advice that, likely, others knew And understood She glanced at Bluefingers, walking beside her, urging her forward Nervous, as always
The fighting, she thought Several groups have been contending back and forth, seizing control of s to the priests The second force--the one with the Lifeless--belongs to someone else This mysterious third party
Sodoain froe resources to quell rebels, fighting a battle that they would win--but likely at great cost? It didn’t ain the most if Hallandren and Idris went to war?