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Chapter Forty-Nine
Malachai had told Alex that the Iron Furnace lay on the other side of the hill, but he did not expect it to be so literal. They had crawled through the snow to the edge of a sudden drop almost steep enough to be a cliff. The drop descended about thirty feet, and just at the bottom, they could see the beginning of a wall, built about a dozen feet high and wrapping around the valley in a huge circle.
Alex examined the Domineers’ fortified camp. It was at least three times the size of the Ravennites’ destroyed outpost. There were torches lined all along the wall, just like the walls at the Citadel. Looking out, near the center and toward the left, Alex could see the large, rock tower that he assumed to be the Iron Furnace. Dozens of people could be seen walking all around the fortress. Along the wall bordering the hillside, a large structure was built that stretched halfway around, and a sho
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On the level just below him, Malachai and Zak were still being led down the corridor by a small company of Domineers, both of their hands bound behind their backs. The whole time, Malachai was wiggling his arms around very subtly, hoping that their captors would not notice. Zak was scanning around and observing his surroundings. As he looked up at the ceiling of the hallway, he noticed something that caught his eye. Along the left wall, just under the ceiling, Zak thought he was looking at a long, thin rope suspended all the way down the corridor. He narrowed his eyes, wondering what it must have been for.The Domineers took them to the end of the hallway until they arrived at a closed sliding door that was guarded by two more men armed with swords. The Domineers escorting the two of them told the guards that they were taking them to their prison hold. As Malachai continued to shift his arms around,
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Malachai continued to hold the Domineer guard at the point of his sword as he forced him to lead him and Zak through the complex. After some quick and convincing interrogation, they had learned from the guard that the Domineers rigged an impressive system formed by a series of rope tracks running throughout the structure. Along the way, the guard told them that the system was primarily used in the prison area to help keep the cells doors tightly secured so that their prisoners could not break out on their own. He proceeded to mention that the method of controlling the doors was by use of a lever planted beside each cell, but that they had also constructed a central hub where all the wire systems in the structure met and could be controlled from one place. That was where Malachai and Zak were forcing him to take them to.Though the two Ravennites were at a total loss for understanding of this seemingly adva
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Above the post, in Robert Morenno’s quarters, the entire room began to shift and tilt forward. Robert and Alex struggled to keep their balance and fell to the floor as the room shifted to an angle leaning down toward the window. Alex looked from the window back over at Robert. He had taken a solid fall to his stomach, and Alex seized his opportunity.He jumped up, ran over, and snatched Rowan’s necklace out of his hand. “Thanks!” he called out and then ran for the window. He ducked and blindly vaulted himself out through it. With the new angle of Robert’s quarters, Alex found himself falling a little over fifteen feet and landing in the snow below. He grunted harshly as he landed on his back and the wind was briefly knocked out of him. He pulled himself up and looked around to see many of the Domineers rushing into the structure from the end at which he and the others had been
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About two and a half dozen Ravennites charged into battle, but still the Domineers outnumbered them almost two to one. If it were not for the fighting skills of the Ravennites, then they would have stood no chance against their enemies. As Alex reached the chaos, he observed the others fighting with intense ferocity, and every minute that passed, the Domineers seemed to grow even more demoralized.He managed to spot Malachai in the center of the skirmish fighting off foes by the waves with both of his swords. He fought so mercilessly, shouting with fierce hate and slaying all in his path. The Domineers were dropping like flies and they knew it. From what Alex could see, only a handful of them were truly fighting back. These few appeared to be bigger and much more proficient fighters than the rest of them, so much so in fact that he watched them start killing Ravennites almost as fast as Malachai was
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The sun was casting the red light of morning by the time the Ravennites finally made it back to the Citadel. The gates were pulled open fast as they passed over the natural bridge leading to the plateau, and upon entering, they were greeted by nearly all of their people within the Citadel’s walls.Alex immediately collapsed to his knees and struggled to catch his breath from all of the running. They had run for miles to make it back to the Citadel, breaking only a few times to breathe and for only seconds at a time. He was completely exhausted, especially considering he had gotten no sleep. He was just happy that their daring rescue mission had worked with minimum casualties. Nevertheless, Alex still felt himself reeling over the few Ravennites they did lose.Word reached Delmar like lightning of their return, and he hurried out of the tower to meet them.
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Alex’s mind was flashing back to his meeting with Robert only hours before. He recalled the sadistic and perverse manner that Robert intended to get the information he wanted from Alex. He could still hear that chilling threat replaying in his head.“Tick tock, Alex,” the voice of Robert Morenno echoed in his head. He could see him holding Rowan’s pendant in front of him. “Tell me where the Ravennites are hiding, or you can watch her die.”Alex was trembling as Robert’s ultimatum gnawed at his mind. He felt as though he was all alone now, with Malachai and Zak having been taken to a cell only moments before. Now, more than ever, he did not know what to do. He was torn between his loyalty to Rowan’s people and her own life. He despised this man for holding him by the throat with such brazen cruelty.
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The day had turned into night, and the night back into day without any signs of a Domineer presence approaching the Citadel. The Ravennites were able to breathe a sigh of relief for the moment, but after getting a brief, but needed respite in order to rest and regain their strength, Alex and the others spent almost all their time preparing the Ravennites for an impending battle. At Alex’s request, scouts had indeed been sent out to keep an eye on the perimeters around the front of the plateau, switching in and out consistently. He also took time to teach Malachai and his chosen team of warriors how to roughly execute a phalanx formation. It did not take long for the Ravennite craftsmen to make sufficient shields and spears as Alex had requested. They were not exactly iron forged, but they would work, and they practiced the powerful defensive line out on the land bridge several times. It took some getting used to, but Malachai’s men proved
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