“Ah, wait,” Aidan said after
a moments thought. “I take that back. Of course Kenton has a connection to the
court. He admitted to having spies there.”
“And you don’t?” the battle
elf asked.
“Truthfully, no. I have cut
any and all ties with our world, despite the apparent rumors to the contrary.”
He stepped back a pace, placing himself beside Kenton, the tip of his sword
pressed against the elf’s throat. “Give me one reason why I shouldn’t kill him
now and save us all the trouble of doing so later.”
Daniel immediately shifted
while Jared and Mor spread out, each of them facing one of the doors into the
room.
“Because if you do, you
won’t find Circe’s wand,” Kenton said, his voice strong despite the position he
was in.
“Quite honestly, I don’t
give a damn about the wand,” Aidan retorted. “It can stay wherever you hid it
until the proverbial Hell freezes over. It would be best for all concerned if
it did actually.”
The battle elf looked at him
in surprise. “You’re serious?”
“Deadly serious. Better it
stays hidden than that anyone in the court gets their hands on it.” Aidan
pulled his sword away from Kenton but remained on high alert.
“He lies,” a voice said from
the hallway and then the second of the three elves appeared. He was clad in the
same type of armor as his compatriot and wielded two large swords, one of which
he swung at Aidan.
::Finally, some action:: Daniel said as he leapt toward the elf,
fastening his jaws on the arm swinging the sword.
::And of course you’re the one who jumps into the fray first:: Jared
replied acerbically as he waited for the third elf to put in an appearance.
::Well duh:: Daniel clamped down harder on the elf’s arm, twisting to
avoid the sword of the first elf as it came slamming down where he’d been only
seconds earlier.
The door from the study
burst open and the third elf entered the room, only to be met by a flashing
stream of fire as Jared used one of his powers to keep the elf away from the
fighting.
Aidan brought his sword up,
forcing the first elf to retreat slightly before he did any damage to Daniel.
Meanwhile Mor circled the room, weaving a spell around Kenton to keep him in
place. Kenton fought it off even as he shouted, the aura of command strong in
his voice, “Enough!”
For a moment more, the
fighting continued as the one elf tried to use his second sword on Daniel and
the third elf adroitly evaded a second fire stream while moving in on Jared.
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