บท 14: Chapter 14: No One Told Me

Avery

Lightning flashed outside the bay window to our left, followed by a boom of thunder that shook the two chandeliers overhead. The fae soldiers dotted down the hallway backed up a few steps. Their faces were full of weariness and unease as they looked at each other. Rain pelted the roof, then clusters of ice thumped across the grass. Hail? 

Then the head of one of the horde locust things smacked into the window and I jumped back, gagging. "Are you sure these things will be gone by dawn?" How was I going to sleep knowing these things were rampaging outside and trying to get in? 

Malcolm rolled his shoulders back. "As much as I hate waiting, we'll need to ride them out." His mouth pressed down into a firm, white line. 

"Fine." I held out a hand because I wasn't going to wait here for those things to break in and eat us. "Give me the blades you promised me."