Bri's POV
I sit in my room at the castle, thinking about the dwarves, when I hear somebody talking outside. Quietly, I tiptoe to the door and gently lean against the door to listen.
"I hear the elves are aiding the dwarves in war," a mans voice says.
"I heard that some of our men have gone to seek help with the wolf people," a woman's voice says.
War? Wolf people?
The people's voices start to fade and I press my ear harder against the door to try and hear them but the door flys open and I fall out into the hall.
The man and woman spin around and stare at me. I get up and quickly run back into my room.
There is a war going on between humans and dwarves.
Once I lay down on my bed there's a knock at the door and I groan in annoyance. I'm about to get up but the door opens and the queen --my fictional mother-- steps in.
"I'm guessing that you've heard rumours about a war," she says, sitting down on my bed. "The rumours are true. There is a war swelling between the humans and the dwarves. We have help now. The wolf people have agreed to help. They have a very long and very bad history with the elves; who are aiding he dwarves." She waits for me to say something but I don't reply. "They're coming at sunlight tomorrow. Be ready."
Jessica's POV
I'm walking down the street with Kai when I feel something weird in my stomach.
"Are you alright?" Kai asks once he notices I've stopped walking.
"Give me your bag," I tell him.
He takes the school bag I bought him off of his back and hands it over to me. Looking through it I find some new clothes we bought and at the bottom, Daughter of War Book 2.
I look at him right in the eyes. "Why do you have this?" Kai shrugs and doesn't answer. "I think the connection is back," I say when the strange feeling in my stomach comes back.
•••
We get to my house ten minutes later. My moms car is not in the driveway so I take Kai in through the front door.
I push the door of my bedroom open and sit on my bed. "I'm going in to help Bri. You're staying here."
"Why am I staying?" He asks. "I want to help."
"Because... I don't want to lose you. I'm afraid that if you go in you won't be able do come back out."
"Jess... I can't stay here," he says. My eyes start to tear up. Why not? "I have no home here. No money, nobody I know except for you."
"Exactly. I'm here."
"Jess.." He begins, but not wanting to hear anymore I grab the book, open to the page we were on and read.
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break (escape, #2)
FantasyDon't read unless you've read escape! Second book of the "escape" trilogy. Two years after her best friend, Livvy's death, Bri has stayed away from books, not even looking at them until she sees that the author of "Daughter of War" is releasing a se...
