(eng) P. S. Power - Gwen Farris 06 by The Mask of Omegon

Author:The Mask of Omegon [Omegon, The Mask of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter nine

Gwen was hit by several things as soon as she got back at Park Street. The first was that something was up. Something off and a bit bad, at least on the surface. It was hard to pin it down, but there was normally a lack of yelling in the huge mansion. Nice places in general didn’t have a lot of that kind of stuff going on. Most days, in fact. When that kind of raw din happened, it almost always had to do with an attack of some sort.

This time it sounded different than that. Like people were chanting outside. That got her to hobble over toward the front of the place, to find all the servants. The men armed with crins. The long copper tubes were pointed at the floor, as Gwen moved in. She didn’t even bother to fake smiling.

“What’s up?” Her voice was a bit flat, since her entire system was suddenly geared up to fight.

It wasn’t exactly hard to understand. Having been in actual battle earlier that day, everything in her mind told her to get ready for more of the same. Her right thigh even twinged in phantom pain, ready to be shot again. Prepared on some level, to die in an instant. It should have been panic inducing.

Instead a strange calmness came over her, as every fiber of her being focused on the new threat.

Winslow made a strange sound. It came through his nose, with a closed mouth. It should have been a snort, but there was a tense squeak involved in the thing at the same time.

“We seem to be under… Protest. The front gate was stormed however, which is a threat of extreme violence. No one has rushed the house proper as of yet.” Peeking out the front window, pushing a lace curtain to the side for a moment, the man went silent. Then he moved to the side directly, using the solid wall as protection. “No weapons in sight at this time. They have signs however. They seem to be about you, Miss Farris.”

That just made sense to her.

After all, the common people had no real reason to think of her as anything except the traitor that had endangered them all. Not much of one at any rate. Her name had been linked to the new shielding magic skill set, but that was probably just words to most of the people there. That it had taken that long for them to come for her was probably a measure of how fair everyone was being at toward her.

“I see. Well…” She shrugged. Normally she would have just stood back. Maybe even evacuating the house, in case they were stormed. At least now that she had that ability. This time she just couldn’t. She was too tired. Of everything. Of the constant fight that her life had been for decades.

She glanced over her shoulder to see Ethyl come into the room. She was dressed nicely and made up well, as was her custom.

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