The Fighter (Book 1)

Chapter 19

All three of us were dragged away from the welcoming woods. I kept looking back at the three of Fredrick's guards drag the limp soon to be dead body of Emmaline. This made me furious. I kept struggling through the strong grip of the rebels that kept pushing me forward. Felicity was doing the same, after all Emmaline was her older sister and now her only family left.

We came to a small cave. Fredrick tied all three of us to posts sticking out of the ground, how they got there I don't know.

"Now," said Fredrick to his group. "We have the fighter we must now find the defender. I must return back to the castle to finish out this job."

I had almost forgotten that Fredrick worked for the king and that...the king! This all made since now!

Fredrick winkle was the kings first in command and he poisoned the king and since the king never had any children the first in command or the closest to the king takes the throne! His planning was flawless. Why destroy an empire when you can make it your own.

Felicity must have seen the gears turning in my head because she was staring at me. She was just as strong as I am and she's fantastic with a bow and arrow if anyone is a fighter it should be her or Emmaline.

The thought of Emmaline made me want to throw up. Gary and Fabian were going to die because of some mess I caused. This was my fault and for once I didn't know how to fix it.

I looked at Selestia. My own family. All she wanted was to find my dad and now she's here.

I tried to pull out of the ropes the tied me to the pole. They didn't budge. I gave up and shut my eyes.

I didn't even realize I fell asleep until I woke up to a yell.

I opened my eyes to see one of the guards throat was cut, but there was no one there who would have done it. The other rebel guards looked at the three of us frightened thinking they could be next. They were right.

An arrow was shot and hit the back of the neck of a girl and she fell face first on the cave floor.

The third man stood there in shock staring at the body he was going bend down but was struck straight threw the stomach with a sword. He too fell face first and stand behind him was...Emmaline!

"Mm!" Felicity called through her mouth gag.

Emmaline had one hand on her injured stomach and still looked in pretty bad shape, but a least she could walk.

Out from behind her came Fabian, Gary and Octavian.

I scrunched my eyebrows. What on earth.

"Untie them let's go. I only managed to kill Derek. Melina will reach Fredrick and send more people after us." Octavian said.

Gary untied me and I grabbed my sword off the dead Guard.

"What happened?" Asked Selestia, "you guys are suppose to be dead."

"Would you rather them be dead because that's what there gonna be if we don't leave!" Commanded Octavian, "I'll explain what happened on the way to the castle. We have to keep Fredrick from taking the throne."