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“The prophecy,” I replied quickly. “I saw who it is.”
“The one who was foretold?” he asked.
I nodded.
“Run once Cara gets here,” he said as the wind picked up around him. “Tell the resistance.”
He turned around and sent his wind to the soldier rushing toward Lady Cara. She hadn’t disappeared this time. She was standing in the middle of the street, waiting to clash with the queen’s soldiers. Lord Aster reached her, whispered something in her ear, and pushed her toward us.
She seemed confused at first, but then, she decided. She left Lord Aster and ran toward us.
She grabbed my arm when she reached us.
“Run!”
“We can’t leave him!” I objected.
“We have to,” Lady Cara whispered. “More soldiers will be coming. We can’t fight them all. He’ll stall them.”
“We should go, Feremir,” Aislinn to my surprise, agreed with Lady Cara. “The prophecy is more important.”
I didn’t know how she could have said something like that when Lord Aster faced his possible death behind us.
“We can’t help him,” Lady Cara said. “They won’t kill a Lord. They’ll imprison him.”
She was lying.
“They will kill him,” I replied angrily. “Don’t try to trick me like you’ve been doing all along.”
Lady Cara’s expression didn’t even falter, but Aislinn grabbed my arm to pull my attention away from the woman.
“He was willing to sacrifice his life for the resistance,” she said softly.
She was right.
It took me another second to accept that.
Then, I nodded.
We started running as the soldiers entering the street started to gather themselves. Lord Aster sent another wave of wind, but this time, I heard the soldiers meeting his attack with their magic.
But we did not stay to watch the rest of the fight. The sound of clashing swords and shouts of alarm faded into the background as our feet pounded against the cobbled streets. I took Aislinn’s hand and we ran, as fast as we could. I didn’t watch to see if Lady Cara could catch up to us. Despite what she just did, I still hated her.
The streets of Terlyth were a blur as we ran.
The city was on alert. I heard shouts coming from all sides, and whenever we saw a soldier in the distance, we darted away from the path that would take us to them.
My muscles burned and my breathing became labored. And just when I thought I could not take another step forward, Lady Cara stopped running and pulled us into a shadow.
No one said anything as we all breathed the chilly air, marked by the smoky scents of Terlyth that I knew quite well.
“No one’s following,” Aislinn reported as she leaned against the dirty wall of a run-down building to catch her breath.
I had to take a moment to catch my breath too. The street we were on was empty, but I kept my voice low nonetheless.
“What happened?” I asked, looking at Lady Cara. “Why did you turn against the queen?”
My question took the Silver Lady off guard. Her head turned toward me, though I could not see her eyes in the darkness.
