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

rack.
     
    ***
     
    “ What did you find?” Quinn
asked.
    “ The Valle are coming after
Ingram and Selhman in three days, arriving at night. The
illustrious three musketeers were going to make sure they had a
clear shot into the city,” Zohn said, picking something fleshy off
of his shirt.
    “ Or… they were,” Chevalier
said. “I’m thinking now that Sotomar knows we have these three, we
don’t have to worry about them.”
    “ We need to decide, once
and for all, what to do about those two,” Quinn said, deep in
thought.
    “ We just have to fill the
last spot. We can’t try them with a missing member of the Council,”
Zohn reminded them.
    Quinn growled, “We can’t fill his spot
though. No one is fit to do it.”
    “ You do realize that we
have one more member of the Council,” Kyle said, and nodded when
everyone looked at him.
    “ We do?” Zohn
asked.
    “ Yes, we made spouses of
the Council full members after Damon.”
    “ Bring Emily into this
trial?” Quinn asked, confused.
    “ Why not? All she has to do
is fill the thirteenth spot so the Council is full,” Kyle said,
sitting back in his chair.
    “ No,” Chevalier said
sternly.
    “ That’s one no… I vote
yes,” Quinn said. “I’d like to get these two taken care
of.”
    All eyes turned to Zohn, “Gah, I’m thinking.
I would be nice to have them out of the way, but she’s so emotional
and illogical.”
    “ Elders get the deciding
vote,” Kyle said. “All she has to do is sit here and represent the
13 th .”
    Zohn sighed, “Yes.”
    “ Damnit, no,” Chevalier
yelled, slamming his fists on the table.
    “ Your dislike of Emily does
not mean that she can’t hold a valid position with this faction,”
Quinn said, obviously angry. “You need to get over your feelings
for her, and let us carry on with business.”
    “ No one said I dislike
Emily,” Chevalier hissed.
    “ You sure as hell act like
it,” Quinn snapped at him. “Two votes have it, and she’ll be on
this trial, so we can finally be rid of these two.”
    Chevalier glared toward the trial door.
     
    ***
     
    Emily sat up suddenly in bed when she heard
a loud thud from the stables, then slipped on a light jacket and
moved out by the stalls. She saw Kralen’s mare lying up against the
wall of her stall. She walked in and knelt down by the mare.
    “ Damnit,” Emily whispered
when she felt the horse’s high temperature. “Mark!”
    Mark appeared, “What’s wrong?”
    “ Get the Cavalry. I need
all of the horses out of the stables immediately,” Emily said, and
ran for the storage room.
    Within seconds, the stalls were full of heku
and the horses were being led out to the corral. Mark came in just
as Emily was giving a shot to the horse. He couldn’t help but smile
slightly, how Emily fought when she needed a shot, but had no
problem giving one.
    “ Sit with her,” Emily said,
and stood up. She left the stables and went out into the corral.
The Cavalry was surrounding the corral and watching the
horses.
    Emily went horse to horse as the Cavalry
watched, still not sure what was going on. She walked up to Patra
slowly and the mare nipped at her and whinnied. The Cavalry was
shocked. Patra was the calmest and most gentle horse in the
stables.
    “ Take her inside,” Emily
said, and one of the Cavalry wrestled Patra back into the
stables.
    “ This one too,” Emily said
again, and the appaloosa stallion was forced into the
stables.
    Emily went back inside and shut the stall
doors as Patra reared back and tried to slam into her.
    “ What’s going on?” Mark
asked.
    “ I think they have a
mosquito transmitted illness. Call Thukil, see if Darren can come,”
Emily said, and started to fill another syringe.
    Mark ran off and Silas came into the stall,
“What can I do?”
    “ Watch the horses. If they
are irritated, nervous, or listless, they need to come in here. The
rest need to stay far away,” Emily said.
    “ Em, the Council needs
you,” Kyle said,