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Chapter 8: Orders
It was a scream for help.
Scarlett struggled to get up, almost forgetting to put on the dress she had tossed at the side of the stream. While the slope had been easy to descend, the way up wasn't nearly as smooth. When she reached the top, she realized that something was very, very wrong.
There was smoke coming from the general direction of the plaza, and more and more screams filled the air.
Scarlett ran towards the barracks, bursting into the room where she and Mimbi had been just an hour or so ago. It was empty. The weapons rack was also empty, which meant Mimbi had gone off with them, just moments before Scarlett arrived.
Was the village under attack?
She realized that she had no idea where she had left her sword and that her armor was probably still being cleaned near the pools where she had undressed to bathe last night. Navigating the village's corridors, she ran as fast as her tired body could carry her. All traces of her hangover had vanis
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Not a man.A Hova.Several things happened at the same time. Pakuri hurled a fireball at the Hova before he started coming down the slopes, and Voty and Scarlett tried to usher the kids into the forest. But it was impossible to move them as a single group, and the little girls ran in all directions.Voty called out to them, grabbing some while at mid-run, yelling at them to follow the group.Scarlett left Voty to deal with the children and went back to see what was going on with Pakuri and the Hova. Pakuri wasn’t the only one fighting him. A group of human soldiers was after him, and instead of fighting back, the Hova ran down the shallow stream and its winding path. The soldiers, clad in gold and silver heavy armor, had trouble following him down the slope, but they continued after the Hova down until Scarlett could no longer see them.Pakuri was seething, looking just as hos
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