Tangled
Chapter 267
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267 Lisa: Waking to War
A tiny hand shakes me awake with incongruous force, something I'd attribute to King Kong and not the gnomes who've been sheltering me and teaching me about magitech since my escape.
Groaning. I pull my blanket over my head. I'm too tired. "Go away
"Wake, wake, lazy girl! The war has come!"
The wizened old housekeeper-it has to be her, because no one else treats me like an unruly pig -yanks my covers off and slaps at my legs. "Hurry up, or die here alone!"
War?
I
Die?
My brain isn't functioning yet, but I stumble out of bed as she throws some clothes at me. "Dress! Hurry! Boots too!" Those are tossed at my feet, bruising my pinky toe in a way that has me hissing and hopping on one foot. "No time, you lazy girl! Get moving!"
Uncertain of what's going on but recognizing that her anxiety level is sky high, I throw on a clean shirt and jeans that they must have sourced from humans. Too bad they didn't bring a bra, too.
But at least there's socks.
Shoving my feet into them, the gnarled woman shoves at me until I fall onto my ass on the bed. "Put this on," she snaps, throwing a coat at me.
"Okay, okay. Hold on. You haven't even explained what's happening!"
"War!" she snaps. "Hurry!"
Despite her gruff demeanor, she kneels to shove my boots on as I shrug on the coat, two sizes too big and I double check what I'm feeling strapped in some hidden pockets-armed. With knives. In fact, they seem to fit the term dagger more than knife.
"Let's go. Hurry, hurry. The Grand Sage is waiting"
and owns this place. He's some sort of high-falutin' to-do in the gnome community. They don't explain a lot,
is her name, but I'm not allowed to call her that. No, it's always Mistress
title, but it's definitely what she enjoys being
"Mistress Keeper, I don't-"
don't understand, then shut your face," she hisses. "This
go."
questions bubbling up inside me. Even I'm not brave-or
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no qualms about doling out pain to keep me in line. So I follow her silently through the dark building,
once-confusing paths.
corridors no longer bewilders me. After perusing a map for hours on
sort of comfort at the moment, as I'm dragged through the halls in
deafening boom shakes the entire structure. The floor bucks beneath my feet, and I stumble, my heart leaping into my throat. Elverly's
her gravelly voice
a run, my longer legs having to put in a surprising amount of effort to keep pace with
the kind that chill your blood and raise
War.
words echo in my head, taking on a horrifying new meaning. I'd thought she meant some sort of far-off conflict, a theoretical threat that
Not a war here.
Not a war now.
me as we careen down a flight of stairs. The basement. We're heading
calls the "safe room. The door swings open, revealing a
he urges, his usual calm demeanor cracking under
and he locks the door behind us. The room comes alive, whirring and clicking. Panels shift, mechanisms engage, and the space
I can barely sit. Standing is out of the question, and moving?
thick and heavy as we all breathe into this tiny space, sharing the mingled scents of oil, metal, and fear. I struggle to control my breathing, trying not to give in to the claustrophobia clawing at the edges of my
thing, ever since my escape. I don't like being
unable to keep silent
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