I have not read the book since the last one came out so names may be wrong etc…
And for spelling errors if you point them out I will note it and do my best to correct it but if you get uppity on me then you can deal with it. I have also forgotten the healers name so I will be using destarion though I am sure that is wrong I don't have the books on hand.
"It is as Ben told you, your majesty" Destarion said somberly as he stood over Karigan's motionless body "it is a miracle that she is even alive I have never seen such a virulent poison before, the only way that is alive is that she must have had some prior exposure to it and somehow survived" Zachary looked down at her and remembered her story of the eltians and her first ride, "if we knew how she survived she survived the first time then we might be able to help her but without knowing all we can do is watch and hope" Destarion finished looking at his majesty. Zachary looked around at those in the room Destarion, Ben and Captain Mapstone she met his eyes and nodded. "The first time she was exposed to this was on her first ride and she was helped then by the eltians" Zachary said "Captain Mapstone sent your fastest rider to try to find them the guards said they left heading east through the forest" "yes sir" she said bowing then left the room.
She walked past the weapons all 8 of them she thought. She couldn't help but shake her head over the events of the night, 'first someone had tried to kill his majesty, thankfully her rider had managed to prevent that but then Zachary had put himself in danger to protect her…. If any one suspected that there was something between Zacharyand Karigan tonight would be hard to explain' she was so lost in her thoughts that she turned a corner and almost ran into Lady Estora. Seeing her Lady Estora quickly askedin a worried voice "how is she?" Mapstone looked at her ever since Lady Estora had been saved from the kidnapping she had seemed different Mapstone didn't know what had happened but Estora had started acting more thoughtful and independent, perhaps she was finally realizing what it meant to be queen? Shaking these thought form her head she looked at Lady Estora seriously and decided to tell her the truth it was time to see just how strong she was "she is in serious condition the blades were poisoned and if it had been anyone else she would be dead, right now, I am sending a rider to look for eltians since they helped her before". Lady Estora looked at her "before?" she asked, Mapstone had forgotten that Lady Estora had not been let in on the details of Karigan's first ride "Karigan was exposed to it on a previous ride and that time she was saved by the eltians" she said watching her closely " I see" Lady Estora said slowly, seeing was slightly pale Mapstone said "don't worry my lady the eltians will help, if you like perhaps Destarion will allow you to see her, now if you will excuse me I mu-" " oh yes I am sorry by all means hurry" she said as she realized she had been holding her up "lady" she said as she walked off past the two weapons.
Estora watched the Captain walk off at a brisk pace then she turned and continued on to Karigan's room as she turned the corner and finally got near her room, she was struck by how many weapons were present, she had only rarely ever seen so many weapons present as she arrived the door opened and Zachary walked out and so did master healer Destarion they looked at her and before she could say anything Zachary said "she is in serious condition" he said looking at her sympathetically " I know Captain Mapstone told me" she turned to Destarion "may I see her?" she asked "Only for a moment" he said after looking at and receiving permission from Zachary he opened the door as she walked in.
As she stepped up to the bed side she stared at her friend laying there looking pale, she could barely she her breathing, the only thing that signaled life was the slow rise and fall of the blankets covering her chest, Karigan was always so strong, she had endured so much just to save her and now this, it was unbearable seeing her laying there barely alive. Estora felt the tears rise but she suppressed them, she had to be strong like Karigan was, she stepped out into the hall Zachary looked at her for a second and nodded after a moment, then he turned to the Fastion "Your majesty, till we figured out how he got in I am going to have 4 weapons protecting you and Lady Estora at all times". Zachary nodded "very well, Fastion I want 2 weapons protecting Karigan at all times" Fastion nodded "and the only ones who are allowed entry are myself, Lady Estora, Master Destarion and rider Ben, unless I say otherwise, understood?" "Yes, your Majesty" Fastion said motioning to the two of the weapons who quickly took up positions on either side of the door. Zachary turned to her "come Lady Estora we have done all that can be done" he said, she nodded and then she left walking next to Zachary with 8 weapons trailing them. Destarion watched them walk away then motioned to, Ben who had gone to get some supplies, and then they entered the room and a battlefield for one rider's life.
Karigan's body felt like lead as she tried to sit up, her head was pounding and her body felt as if she had just got done training with drent for a whole week, and as she opened her eyes she realized that was only the beginning of her problems as she realized she was in the white world. She stood up slowly as she tried to make sense of what had happened and where she was, the last thing she remembered was …."aaaa" she gasped as the memories came flooding back and that was not all as she remembered the brawl she had been in and the wounds she had received, the pain came as if in response to her thinking about them "ugh" she moaned as she fell down to her knees and only managed to keep herself upright with one hand as the pain robbed her of her ability to stand. Karigan panted as she laid there trying to banish the pain, she had more important things to deal with like why was she in the white world? However despite her best attempts the pain did not vanish "no" she said in a weak voice, she felt the blackness creeping in and knew that she would really be in trouble if she didn't get help soon. She tried to force herself back up but her body refused to cooperate and this time she couldn't stop herself as she fell forward onto her chin "aaaaaa" she screamed as her wounds sent pulses of pain throughout her body at the jarring suddenly something stepped into her vision she stared at it, it looked like a massive cliff that sloped upwards to- "the pain is only in your mind, you must banish it, here the world is what your mind makes of it" a strong masculine voice said above her. "wha" she said as she strained her head to look up at the voice who the boot she was staring at must belong to, finally she managed to see the mans face as she strained and as he bent down, her shock at seeing the mans face completely pushed the wounds out of her mind she pushed herself up onto her knees as she stared at a face that she had only seen a few times and never expected to see again "Hadriax El Felix" she breathed as she stared at Mornhaven's right hand man and her forefather. "That's right, rider" he said as he offered his hand to help her up, she took it without thinking and as he helped her up she could only stare as he said with a grin on his face "bet you didn't expect to see me again heh?"
Oh yeah for those of you who feel so strongly about not wanting to read it as is then I suggest you copy and paste it into a word document and fix it for yourself and then maybe you could email it to me and I can copy and paste it hmmm? I have more then enough st going on that spending time doing anything other then studying is foolhardy but we only learn by doing foolish things.