Red Fang Chapter 35

The two guards stood at the mouth of the tunnel, listening to the screams coming from the other side.

“Should we go and help?” one guard asked the other.
“Not on your bloody life should we. If it were one of us, they’d unlock the door.” The guard glanced over his shoulder at the princess waiting on the bridge. “We protect them and that’s it.”
“I want to return to my chambers,” Avani said holding the bundle of blankets protectively to her chest. Elise held her arm and stared up at the castle.
“Princess, you can hear that as well as I. The prisoners have escaped,” the guard said pointing at the tunnel with his spear. People were running on the other side and shouting to each other to hurry. “The safest place for you is in the grove. We should take you there and lock the door.”
“Avani we can’t stand here.” Elise deliberately glanced at the bundle of blankets and then back up at Avani. “It is safer for us in the grove.”
“It’s a trap can’t you see,” Avani whispered. “Once we enter, we’ll never leave. Toli is waiting for us I know he is.”

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Nestled in the shadow of the Intraana mountain range is a vast land of marsh and forest. Rivers pour in from both the north and south flooding the region until it's more lake than land and yet it is home to more life than any outsider could imagine. Hidden among the reed beds are villages and farms, not all sited on dry land, some float. The villages of the marsh elves drift with the seasons, following the migrations of birds and fish, ignored by the humans as long as they don't get too close. A human king claims dominion and is ready to shed blood to prove it, not his but those of his men, marching them into the swamp to kill and needlessly die. But there are still places where people can hide from tyrants and create homes and communities of their own.

Parent Plot

The Red Fang

Related Characters

• Avani Commaln
• Boris
• Cosi
• Dren
• Elise
• Samuel

Related Locations

• Arshen
• The Thousand Lakes