Louder Than Words (Lesbian Story)

Chapter 58

Sylvia jumped awake with a start at the pounding on her bedroom door. Pulling her body from her blue sheets she had barely enough time to reach for the blade under her pillow when Mordred shouldered the door with all his weight, throwing it opened before slamming it closed behind him.

"Quickly Sylvia! Morgan's followers are preparing to attack your family! We must flee before they get to you!" He pressed his back to the door in his full armor as Sylvia jumped out of bed.

"Is my father okay? My mother?"

"I do not know. Last I saw your father demanded I come to you to ensure your safety." Mordred answered. "Quickly! We must leave!"

Sylvia rushed to the door. "Then let us go!" She pushed him aside and pulled the door opened before rushing out. Mordred followed closely behind her as she led him through the halls of the stone castle. They passed portraits of all the Kings before Arthur and several suits of armor that lined the halls like endless warriors.

Eventually, as they made their way towards the main stairwell a group of red hooded men swarmed into the entryway with weapons drawn. They spotted the two of them coming down the steps and shouted up at them.

"There! The Princess!"

"Back!" Sylvia shouldered Mordred, pushing him back up. The two retreated with Mordred covering Sylvia from behind. They sprinted back down the hallway before being cornered by another smaller group of hooded men with bloodstained weapons.

Sylvia turned as the larger group came up behind them and began closing in as Mordred drew his sword and turned to face them. Sylvia pushed him towards the smaller group. "Clear the path!" She shouted at him before turning and collecting magic in her hands.

Thin beams of lightning jumped from her fingertips into the suits of armor that lined the hallway before they all jumped from their places and threw themselves at the hooded men. They screamed in fear as they were disarmed and cleaved apart, their weapons hitting the metal armor and doing nothing, as they weren't living things. Mordred followed up by rushing the three hooded ones who were blocking their way forward as Sylvia concentrated on her spell. Mordred managed to cleave through the first one who was completely taken by surprise that the Princess was a mage like her mother. However the other two engaged in a proper sword duel against the Knight who proved to be far more skilled, quickly dispatching the two of them near effortlessly.

He grabbed Sylvia's shoulder and pulled her away, breaking her concentration on the suits of armor as they disappeared around the corner. "I didn't know you could do that!" He noted as they rushed up a smaller flight of stairs used by the servants to get around quickly.

"I didn't either." Sylvia answered. "If we go up how are we supposed to get down?"

"There's a balcony by your father's study! We can use the windows to climb down onto the lower floor bypassing them completely!"

"How do you know?"

"Because I've seen you do it all the time to avoid me when you're trying to get into trouble!"

Sylvia chuckled, and followed him into the study. The two of them barricaded the door by knocking a few shelves over before they made their way to the balcony where Mordred closed the door behind them.

The hot summer sun pounded down on them, and Sylvia glanced at Mordred realizing that he was going to have great difficulty in his armor. She doubted the window would be able to hold his weight at all.

"Go!" He ordered, pushing her towards the edge as he put his back to it, watching the balcony door with his sword drawn. Sylvia climbed over the railing and lept onto the massive stained glass window, grabbing hold of the metal supports that held it all in place. She was hundreds of feet above the ground, and could see the battle in the courtyard as her guards were pushing back the hooded soldiers attempting to overthrow them.