Chapter 261: Summerlands

Rhychard heard screams, but he couldn't tell whose or where they originated. They might have even been his for all he knew. Pieces of the broken table jabbed him in his back and legs, and he felt blood making a trail down his side. Groaning, he tried to sit up. He must get up. Renny needed his protection as did his parents.

:Warrior, Baltabek is heading to your home,: Kree sent. Rhychard could hear the elven hound moving toward him through their connection. :He hid among the woods along the creek.:

"Rhychard!" Renny shouted, and then he felt her hands on his arms along with someone else's on his other side.

:Well, he knows how to make an entrance.: Rhychard sent.

He could hear shouts of panic coming from the parking lot and other apartments, people screaming at the sudden explosion.

Glancing up, he noticed the other set of hands helping him to his feet belonged to his father. His mother stood by the sofa, her face pinched with concern, and Tryna picked herself up off the floor from whe