Lahat ng Kabanata ng Realm of the Chosen: A Reverse Harem Romance: Kabanata 211 - Kabanata 220

The first wall was the tallest by his measurements. It had to be at least ten feet tall, a good four feet above his head. As the horses continued to approach, and his breath began to even out, he cracked his knuckles and flexed his fingers. The gloves he wore were thick but not necessarily thick enough to guard against any sharp rocks he might grasp. If he could reach the top, he’d be able to fling himself over to the other side where the ground would be slightly higher so the fall would be manageable. But first he had to leap up and grab hold of something solid enough he could pull himself up along the smooth surface of the exterior.He could’ve used Cassius’s height about now.With the horses getting closer, he’d only have one chance to get over the wall before he could potentially be seen, and there was nowhere nearby to hide. Taking a step back, Eli put all of his efforts into jumping up to reach the edge. His fingertips latched on to the to

Kit lay on top of the blankets on the still-made little cot, fully dressed, with her shoes on, staring at the ceiling. She had no way of knowing what time it was, and with no clock or any other means of figuring it out on her own, she had to rely on shift changes to give her any semblance of the hour until the sun rose and meals might start again, not that those were regular. Shift changes seemed to be every six hours, though. So she knew it was sometime between midnight and six in the morning. The sun should start to rise before the next guard came on duty. Then, perhaps someone would bring her food an hour or so after that, not that she had an appetite. The guard who’d brought her dinner came back to get her untouched plate a few hours later. The Prison Guards were more sympathetic than the members of the Queen’s Guard ever were, though there wasn’t much of a difference between the two. None of them seemed to care much that she was being held here against her will, “for he

Cassius didn’t like to admit it when he was feeling nervous. He was doing his best to keep his emotions in check so as not to alarm the rest of their party, but once they’d stepped out of the second secret passage, the one that left them in the middle of enemy territory, his heart began to thunder in his chest, and beads of perspiration dotted his forehead.“Are you okay?” Isla asked, looking up at him with narrowed eyes.“Fine,” he assured her as the other three advanced down the hallway slightly. Jate and Danyen were dressed like members of the Queen’s Guard, but they could easily be recognized by anyone keen enough to know their faces, which should be at least the better part of the castle residents and staff.Isla didn’t appear to buy Cassius’s response, but there wasn’t much anyone could do to ease his worries now. They’d worked out a plan of sorts, and since most of it had been his idea, he

Dressed in a military uniform, the man was leaning against the front portion of the battlement on both elbows, near the flagpole Seph needed to access. She had no idea how she might overpower him if he turned and saw her, but despite her less than graceful entrance, he was still facing away from her.Carefully, Seph dropped to the ground, bouncing so as not to land heavily on the stone landing and startle him. There was a slight thunk when she hit, but he still didn’t turn.Seph took careful steps closer to him, pulling the knife she’d brought along with her out of its sheath and holding it at her side. She prayed this man would turn out to be a friend, someone who knew Eli, or who would take the side of the princess. But if it came down to a fight with a trained man holding a sword, she didn’t think there would be much she could do to defend herself.She was within five steps of the man when she realized he was snoring. Seph could hardly belie

Eli was the last to make it back to Kit’s chambers after everyone’s tasks were complete. He came through the door in the wall and was instantly relieved to see everyone else had made it back safely. Seph in particular had worried him, not that anyone’s responsibilities had gone without danger.“Eli!” Cassius shout-whispered as Eli closed the door and secured it. “Did you find her? Where’s Kit?”“I did. She’s in the East Tower, just as we suspected.”“How is she? Is she all right?” Jate stepped forward so that now Eli had two Representatives in his face.“She’s as well as can be expected. Anxious, maybe a little bored, but otherwise unharmed.”“You spoke to her?” Now Danyen managed to edge his way between the other two.“I did. I spent a bit of time with her.”“Inside of the tower? Why didn’t you bring her