The Commander: A Sacrificed Short Story (The Last Oracle) Read Free

than Riece had thought. He laid her back on the mat and cradled her head between his hands. She didn’t shake like someone suffering a fit might, and she didn’t go limp either. She was still conscious, but her entire frame was tensed, and her forehead creased with pain. Then, just as suddenly as it started, it ended, and she was blinking awake once more.
    “Sorry, I must have gotten up too quickly,” she said groggily.  
    He eyed her, searching for the truth. She was ill. She had to be. There was no explanation for what had just occurred other than that, and he found himself foolishly worrying for her once more.
    He had to get away from her before she was no longer just a slave, before he could only see her as the bold and fiery girl with dark eyes and a sharp tongue, before he found himself asking for her name and wishing for things and time that they would never have.
    “Time to get you to the cells,” he said, ducking out to see Hul at his post down the hall. “Hul, escort this girl to the cells.”
    “Wait,” she called after Riece before he could escape her. “You saved my life. Can I at least know your name?”
    He had to bite his tongue. It took all of his self-control not to turn back and look at her. She could not know him, and he could not know her, and there was nothing he could do about it.  
    “My name is Riece, but you should stick to calling me ‘Sir.’”
    He walked out of the room wishing a million things, and knowing that should she call out to him once more, he would be powerless to whatever she asked of him.
    She was going to be trouble, he already knew.

This short story was inspired by
    Sacrificed (The Last Oracle) , the first book in The Last Oracle Series.
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About the Author

    Emily Wibberley grew up in the South Bay where she spent her formative years battling zombies on her Xbox, watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and voraciously reading Jane Austen and books like The Hunger Games , where her love for feisty young heroines was born.  
    After graduating from Princeton University Magna Cum Laude in 2014, she began writing. Her debut novel, Sacrificed , was named a finalist in the Young Adult category of the 2015 International Book Awards, the Young Adult category of the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Awards, and in the Young Author category of the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Since its release, Sacrificed has spent more than six months as a Kindle Top Ten Teen and Young Adult Bestseller.
    When she isn't reading the latest YA book, Emily enjoys watching kick-butt action movies with her two rescue German Shepherds, Hudson and Bishop, named after characters from James Cameron's Aliens .
    Find out more about Emily on her website:
    www.emilywibberley.com