One Night in Bastat Part Two (special preview)

“Oh my god-” the voice behind me I know all to well. I turn, seeing my father and several others standing over Demir’s body. My father throws his head back, roaring with all his might as his back bends. He mourns his friend the only way he knows how.

“Penu!” Chiyo screams, throwing herself down on the ground beside his body.

My mother rushes in, tending to Maeve before giving me a glance. “Dhaval are you ok?” She asks me.

“I will live,” I wheeze. “But after this night I am not sure I want to.”

“You have to!” My mother snaps at me. “You will whether you want to or not.” She checks Maeve with close attention, seeing the bleeding is coming from between her legs. “This isn’t good,” she whispers uregently.

“Where’s Amon?” Chiyo snarls.

I look away ashamed.

“Dhaval!” Chiyo screams at me.

“We need to get Maeve out of here!” Mythri snaps back at her.

Chiyo bares down on me, pushing her dagger against my already sore and tender neck. “Where’s the baby, Dhaval? Where’s the baby? Where is he?”

“Sanguis,” Maeve chokes. “He took him...Demir-”

Mythri holds Maeve up. “It’s ok. We know you did what you could.” Somehow, my mother manages to lift Maeve up in her arms. “We have to get Maeve and the others to the cave. That’s what’s important now.”

Chiyo is shaking with rage. No doubt she has lost so much tonight, not just her father figure Penu and her best friend Demir. 

“The children are in the cave,” I tell her. “Maeve and Mila took them there. The children are safe and they need to to protect them.”

“I will not leave Bastat until they are all dead,” Chiyo snarls.

“You’ll be dead.” I stand before her, towering over her. “To the caves.”

Chiyo glares into my eyes and moves over to my mother. She takes Maeve from her and gives her a sword. She barks orders to the two guard with her and they leave.

“Be safe,” my mother kisses me before she goes.