angrily.
“Screw you,” they said venomously.
I ripped the mask off and stared at the human
man’s face. I had no idea who he was. “Who sent you?” I asked.
“I came on my own,” he said as he tried to
buck me off of his body. I stabbed him in the stomach and twisted
the knife as hard as I could, making him scream out in pain. “You
can kill me, but more will come,” he growled.
“Why do you want me dead?” I asked.
“He doesn’t want you dead,” he said, “He
wants to see you in person.”
“Who?! Who is ‘he’?!” I screamed and then put
the knife against the man’s throat.
“You’ll find out soon enough,” he said with a
sneer.
I didn’t have time to tie him up for
questioning later and I needed to check on Favian so I slit his
throat and hopped back up onto Fire’s back, squeezing my legs and
kissing to her to make her run back to Favian and Ice. We arrived
to find Favian pinning a goblin to the ground and questioning
him.
“I’m alive,” I told Favian as I dismounted
Fire and walked up to him. The other attacker was dead and another
human.
“More will come. They will come until she is
taken to him,” The goblin said.
“Who is he?” I asked, “What does he want with
me?”
“You’ll meet him soon enough,” the goblin
said, “And we only know the reason we don’t want you here.”
“Why don’t you want her here?” Favian asked,
“What has she done to deserve your hatred?”
“She is here,” the goblin said, “that is
why.”
“That doesn’t make any sense,” I said
angrily, “What does me being alive have to do with anything?”
“If he does not rectify the problem, someone
else will,” the goblin said, “you cannot be allowed to finish.”
“Finish?” Favian asked, “Finish what? The
Academy?”
The goblin bucked his body upwards as he
tried to reach for a knife, but Favian stabbed his knife into the
goblin’s throat before he could finish the movement, killing him.
“We have to go,” I said seriously, “There might be more.” Favian
cleaned his knives on the goblin’s shirt and put them away before
he hopped up onto Ice. I remounted Fire and made sure my daggers
were in place. “How did they get in here?” I asked him angrily.
He pointed to the brand on the human’s right
arm, the brand one received once they completed the Academy. “They
attended here when they were younger,” he said.
“So other mercenaries and guards are after
me?” I asked in shock, now starting to feel fear.
“It seems so,” Favian said. We walked the
horses in silence a moment as he thought and then he said, “We need
to get to Macon quickly.”
I nodded my head and we asked the horses to
trot, weaving through the trees and looking for potential threats.
I didn’t understand why mercenaries would be after me. I hadn’t
done anything on my missions that could have upset anyone. Favian
and I had only done three missions so far. The first was a simple
guard mission where we had protected a young prince as he traveled
from one city to the next and we didn’t even encounter any problems
then. Our second mission had been to thwart a group of bandits that
had been terrorizing a small farming village and we’d only killed
three of the bandits before the other six ran off, never to be
heard from again. I had gotten a severe cut on my leg and had had
to be rushed to a healer before I bled out, but nothing else had
gone wrong. The third mission was to track down and kill three
rogue ogres which had started eating humans. That was our most
difficult mission and one that had almost killed Favian as he had
tried to protect me and not paid attention to his back.
All of those had gone well in mercenary
standards so I didn’t understand how I could have gotten enemies if
I’d done everything right.
We finally made it back to the main grounds
to find the students in chaos. As we approached Master Sean ran to
us. “Favian! Marin! Are you both alright?”
I nodded my
“Screw you,” they said venomously.
I ripped the mask off and stared at the human
man’s face. I had no idea who he was. “Who sent you?” I asked.
“I came on my own,” he said as he tried to
buck me off of his body. I stabbed him in the stomach and twisted
the knife as hard as I could, making him scream out in pain. “You
can kill me, but more will come,” he growled.
“Why do you want me dead?” I asked.
“He doesn’t want you dead,” he said, “He
wants to see you in person.”
“Who?! Who is ‘he’?!” I screamed and then put
the knife against the man’s throat.
“You’ll find out soon enough,” he said with a
sneer.
I didn’t have time to tie him up for
questioning later and I needed to check on Favian so I slit his
throat and hopped back up onto Fire’s back, squeezing my legs and
kissing to her to make her run back to Favian and Ice. We arrived
to find Favian pinning a goblin to the ground and questioning
him.
“I’m alive,” I told Favian as I dismounted
Fire and walked up to him. The other attacker was dead and another
human.
“More will come. They will come until she is
taken to him,” The goblin said.
“Who is he?” I asked, “What does he want with
me?”
“You’ll meet him soon enough,” the goblin
said, “And we only know the reason we don’t want you here.”
“Why don’t you want her here?” Favian asked,
“What has she done to deserve your hatred?”
“She is here,” the goblin said, “that is
why.”
“That doesn’t make any sense,” I said
angrily, “What does me being alive have to do with anything?”
“If he does not rectify the problem, someone
else will,” the goblin said, “you cannot be allowed to finish.”
“Finish?” Favian asked, “Finish what? The
Academy?”
The goblin bucked his body upwards as he
tried to reach for a knife, but Favian stabbed his knife into the
goblin’s throat before he could finish the movement, killing him.
“We have to go,” I said seriously, “There might be more.” Favian
cleaned his knives on the goblin’s shirt and put them away before
he hopped up onto Ice. I remounted Fire and made sure my daggers
were in place. “How did they get in here?” I asked him angrily.
He pointed to the brand on the human’s right
arm, the brand one received once they completed the Academy. “They
attended here when they were younger,” he said.
“So other mercenaries and guards are after
me?” I asked in shock, now starting to feel fear.
“It seems so,” Favian said. We walked the
horses in silence a moment as he thought and then he said, “We need
to get to Macon quickly.”
I nodded my head and we asked the horses to
trot, weaving through the trees and looking for potential threats.
I didn’t understand why mercenaries would be after me. I hadn’t
done anything on my missions that could have upset anyone. Favian
and I had only done three missions so far. The first was a simple
guard mission where we had protected a young prince as he traveled
from one city to the next and we didn’t even encounter any problems
then. Our second mission had been to thwart a group of bandits that
had been terrorizing a small farming village and we’d only killed
three of the bandits before the other six ran off, never to be
heard from again. I had gotten a severe cut on my leg and had had
to be rushed to a healer before I bled out, but nothing else had
gone wrong. The third mission was to track down and kill three
rogue ogres which had started eating humans. That was our most
difficult mission and one that had almost killed Favian as he had
tried to protect me and not paid attention to his back.
All of those had gone well in mercenary
standards so I didn’t understand how I could have gotten enemies if
I’d done everything right.
We finally made it back to the main grounds
to find the students in chaos. As we approached Master Sean ran to
us. “Favian! Marin! Are you both alright?”
I nodded my
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