It was pitch black when shouts and clanging steel yanked Aaron from his fitful sleep.
"What's going on?" Jace demanded groggily, but the sounds echoing down from the top deck were unmistakable. A battle.
Aaron reached for the ladder, clambering up as the rest of his team quickly got to their feet. He pounded on the trap door for someone, anyone.
Suddenly the wood gave before his fist. Fire light flooded the undercastle. It was Matty. "Quickly," he said. "Get out before they—"
The tip of a blade blossomed in his gut, and Matty fell soundlessly.
Captain Niko smiled down at Aaron. "Hello again."
Aaron reached for his bow but Niko was faster, withdrawing his blade from Matty's body and smashing down with the heavy metal hilt. Aaron was conscious only of a dull roar of pain in his skull before the world went black.
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Starsinger
FantasiaGenerations after a cataclysmic war shattered an empire and forced magic back into the dark ages, the old powers are stirring. Aaron Talus is an archer who prefers to watch the world from a safe distance. When an assassin threatens the crown princes...
