Proditor : Book 5 of the Heku Series Read Online Free Page A

three
days.”
    “ What!?” Zohn yelled,
looking at the two Generals.
    “ She’s lying!” the male
General said.
    “ Oh, shut up,” Emily said,
and then turned back. “Geniuses freaked out after they kidnapped
me, and decided to take me to the Valle’s palace.”
    “ I’m imagining their orders
were to leave you alone,” Quinn said.
    Emily nodded, “Yes, so Sotomar was pretty
mad. So I agreed not to disappear in return for the captured Thukil
Cavalry and Zohn. See, simple enough.”
    Quinn rubbed the bridge of his nose, “Ok, so
these three are traitors, the Thukils are all free, and you
returned Zohn.”
    “ Yes, seems so.”
    “ Escort them to the
prison,” Zohn said. “Everyone out, except Emily.”
    Emily cringed and smiled at Darren when he
left.
    “ Step up here,” Zohn
said.
    Emily stepped forward, “What’d I do
now?”
    “ Do you want to explain the
relationship between you and Exavior?” Zohn asked.
    Emily frowned, “You mean the marriage
proposals and the kiss?”
    Chevalier frowned and she heard a low
growl.
    “ Yes, that,” Zohn
said.
    “ What do you want me to
say? I’m not going to apologize because he has a crush,” Emily
said, and scanned the Council.
    “ How far has he gone with
you?” Chevalier hissed.
    Emily glared at him, “What do you care?”
    “ You two can fight later,”
Zohn said. “I want to know what you are going to do about the… what
did you call it? Crush… by the Valle’s Chief
Interrogator.”
    “ I’m not going to do
anything,” Emily told him. She was watching Zohn carefully,
avoiding the fierce look in Chevalier’s eyes.
    “ Very well, you may go,”
Zohn said, and turned to Quinn.
    Emily left, mumbling, “Thanks Em, for
returning all of the Equites and exposing the conspiracy.”
    Quinn grinned when the door shut, “We could
make our Faction Liaison Officer the new Coven Liaison Officer, and
give her the Faction Liaison position.”
    “ Do what?” Chevalier asked,
still angry.
    “ They can’t kidnap her. She
could handle all relations with the Valle and Encala.”
    “ No”
    “ He has a good point,” Zohn
said. “She just got every Equites released from the Valle
prison.”
    “ No,” Chevalier said
again.
    “ It might give her a reason
to stay,” Kyle said.
    “ No”
    Quinn sighed, “Who wants to interrogate the
traitors?”
    “ I do,” Chevalier said, and
disappeared from the room.
    “ I do, too,” Zohn said, and
followed him.
    Kyle followed the Elders and the three Valle
into the interrogation chamber, and made sure the door was shut
before he took one of the prisoners and pushed him toward the Iron
Maiden.
    Chevalier clasped his fists together and
slammed them into the side of the General’s head, sending him back
into the fireplace. He pulled the heku out of the ashes and tied
him to the rack.
    Zohn was tying the female heku to the
electrified table and watching Chevalier closely, “The Faction
Liaison Officer idea was good.”
    “ No,” Chevalier said, and
stretched the heku slightly on the rack.
    Kyle pushed the Iron Maiden shut, ignoring
the screams from inside, “She’s going to leave if you don’t
stop.”
    “ I don’t want to talk about
it,” Chevalier said, and sat down by his heku. “Want to tell us
what’s going on in three days?”
    “ No,” the Valle said,
gritting his teeth against the pain.
    “ I will!” a voice sounded
from the Iron Maiden and Kyle laughed.
    “ I always get the
squealers,” Kyle said, and opened the tin coffin. “Start
talking.”
    “ Please, let me out,”
Kyle’s prisoner said. “I’ll tell you if you let me out.”
    Kyle shrugged and shut the door to the Iron
Maiden, “I still want to talk about Em.”
    “ I think she and this
Exavior guy have a thing,” Zohn said, and touched the button on the
electrical current. He waited until the screaming turned to deathly
gurgles before letting up on it.
    “ They do not,” Chevalier
growled, and cranked harder on the