Heyy I'm back with another chapter... Thank you all for the kind messages about your thoughts being with my sister as my family goes through this tough time... My sister is going to make a full recovery although it will be months... She got struck by a care and it shattered her knee and broker her femur... She is doing amazing right now and is back to being the high spirited 9 year old girl we know... only know she is racing down the street in her wheelchair lol... sorry for it being so long and i hope this chapter makes up for it... I should be posting another in the next few days i am just finishing it up and then i have to proof read it... Don't forget to drop a review so i know what you think
Chapter 26:
The chains against Amberle's wrists were tugged on once again and she hissed in pain. The skin underneath the cool metal had become raw and cut from the continues pulling. Not that she did anything to help it, for the beginning part of her journey with the troll in front of her she had struggled and fought.
But she had long since lost her will to fight.
Another yank on the chain caused her to look up from her feet to the area around her.
One thing was for sure, they had passed anything and everything Amberle knew of within The Fourlands or the Wilderrun. All that she could see around her was rock, and dirt.
The troll gave a growl when Amberle tripped over her feet and stumbled to the rocky ground on her hands and knees.
"Please…. I need a break." She let out.
She felt the ground pound as the troll made its way back towards her.
It grabbed her by the shoulder and lifted her to her feet before shoving a bottle into her hands. Water sloshed out the uncapped top.
Raising the bottle to her lips Amberle took a small sip. The cold water ran down her dry throat sending a cold chill through her body.
She took another quick sip and then the troll ripped the bottle from her hands.
Yanking once again on the chain the troll began walking forward ushering Amberle onward.
Time became a blur to her as one hour blended into the next, it was almost impossible to tell when one day ended and another began. They never stopped for more than a few minutes at a time. Amberle had no doubt that it was for her benefit.
When they finally did stop for longer than 5 minutes Amberle felt sick to her stomach. Her blood felt like it was boiling within her veins.
Something was not right.
Amberle fell to her knees and looked at her surrounding.
There was not much around the clearing they had come to besides a small cottage like structure and what appeared to be a well.
"Where are we?" Amberle asked her voice cracking from not having talked for so long.
"Release her chains." came a male voice.
The troll sulked forwards and released the heavy metal chains letting them fall to the ground in front of her
Amberle looked over her shoulder as a cloaked figure approached them. If her blood had been boiling before it was not burning through her skin engulfing her in flames.
"Bandon… " Amberle whispered as the hood fell back revealing the dark haired elf.
"Amberle." he replied crouching down in front of her pulling her hand away from her body examining the cuts and bruises on her wrists.
"I told you to make sure she did not get harmed." he growled
The troll gave a long deep groan.
"I don't care if she struggled carrier her then." he roared, "I need her alive for what is to come."
"Bandon please you don't have to do this." Amberle replied, "Come back to Arborlon with me."
Bandon's eyes flashed black and then returned to dark brown, "I don't think so, now on your feet."
Amberle knew that if she got to her feet then Bandon would see the small bulge of her abdomen. The outfit that she was wearing left little to the imagination and was great for riding, however it did nothing to hide her pregnancy
Amberle lowered her gaze to the ground ignoring the dark elf's demand.
"I said on your feet." Bandon growled grabbing her by her upper arm yanking her to her feet.
She stumbled for a moment to get her footing.
Bandon gave her a deathly smirk before his eyes traveled over her. When they landed on her stomach the smile turned to a scowl so sour it out curdle milk.
This caused Amberle to wrap her arms around herself, trying to shield her unborn child from the monster before her. No that it would do any good.
"Just let me go…." She whispered.
Bandon's head snapped back up, his eyes black as charcoal and his nostrils flaring.
Without warning and before Amberle could do anything to stop him, Bandon raised his hand and slapped her across the cheek.
Amberle crumbled to the ground with a whimper.
"Get her out of my sight." his cold voice said and then turned on his feet retreating towards the cottage.
Amberle didn't have to look back up to know that she was going to be returned to chains, the sound of the metal clanging as it was picked up told her all she needed to know.
Wil awoke gasping for breath.
His heart was racing at a million miles a second as he took in his surrounding.
The pale lavender walls of Amberle's room brought comfort to him and helped him to relax among the sheets a pillows of her bed.
They had long since lost the smell that he associated with Amberle, but still being close to something of her's brought comfort to him.
It had been nearly 2 fortnights since there had been any word of Amberle or Bandon….. The last trail had grown cold weeks ago which did not comfort him in the slightest.
Nightmares pledge his sleep of Amberle and the baby being lost to him forever, which resulted in endless nights of sleep and days spent going over every map and chart known to the Four Lands and the Elven kingdom of the world around them as he continued his search for his family.
A knock sounded at the door.
Pulling the sheets back Wil got to his feet and walked towards the double doors, not before grabbing his shirt and pulling it over his unruly blond curls.
He opened the door and came face to face with Eretria.
"You couldn't sleep either?" she asked walking past him to sit upon the giant bed that had housed the halfing moments before.
"Eretria you have to stop coming in here, people as starting to think that…."
"I can't sleep.." She whispered lifting her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them.
Wil could count on his one hand the amount of times Eretria would ever show off her weak side and almost all of those time she had been unconscious. It was not like the rover to fault her rough and strong appearance.
Wil raised a hand to his hair and sighed before closing the door, "Fine….
Giving a smile Eretria crawled up the length of the bed and fell back against the mountain of pillows.
Wil sat down on the opposite side of the bed before laying down and trying to drift back to sleep, if you could even call it that.
"Will get her back. "Eretria whispered already half asleep.
