The Heartstone Saga Archibald Bradford (english novels to improve english TXT) 📖

raw strength in the girl’s enormous hands, but remained calm and patted her fingers.

“It’s alright, we’re with the Aegis. So no one is going to squishing you- er, squish you.”

She continued to sob over her though.

“Red one is! I can feel it in the earth, like, like before a ground-shake! She angry with me.”

The Gigas shook her head in disgust.

“So this is what passes for a giant around here? Pathetic.”

The Ogre flinched at her words, while Ophelia drew in a sharp breath.

“Nina! That is enough!” She cried out sharply.

The Gigas had her arms crossed over her chest as she glared at the whimpering girl still trying to hide behind the much smaller Miranda.

“Well she is! You are not Gigas, but you are still a daughter of the mountain! Where is your pride, giant?”

The poor girl gave a big sniff before she blubbered out a response.

“I-I lost it, with my momma and my aunties. Dark lady came and took it all away! I ran, but human lands is confusing, and now I lost my new sister too.”

She held up a tattered red sash as if presenting evidence, but Nameless barely saw it.

Ice had filled his veins and he stepped in front of Nina as if to shield the frightened Ogre from her wrath.

“What do you mean? What dark lady?” His eyes flicked to Miranda’s, both of them dreading the answer.

The Ogre wiped her forearm over her face.

“She came to our den with wings, but not pretty wings! She say mean and scary things and so momma and my aunties try to squish! But she no squishes! She make night come and sickness in my belly, then auntie tell me to run and she take them all away!”

Releasing Miranda and Jez, she flopped down on the ground, her legs spread like a child as she balled her fists in her eyes again.

Nina was about to say something else but Ophelia stopped her.

“Dearheart, we just talked about this! Ogres gain intelligence very slowly, their oldest are as smart as anyone, but that takes decades. This girl is probably only in her forties or fifties and doesn’t understand what is happening, be patient with her.”

Nina groaned.

“This is stupid. I’m in my forties.”

“All the same.”

Nameless stepped closer to the crying girl, Miranda holding up a hand to advise caution, and his presence soon distracted her from her tears, her deep blue eyes wide now as she took in the sight of him in his uniform.

“You, you’re pretty too.” Her cheeks darkened in a blush; “But not girl-pretty! You’re boy-pretty!”

Nina and Jan both snorted with laughter while Miranda’s palm found her face.

“Okay, this definitely isn’t stupid.” The Wolfen’s tongue lolled out in amusement; “Tell us all about how boy-pretty he is.”

The Ogre nodded earnestly.

“He very pretty, makes me warm all over.”

Her eyes were hooded and she gave Nameless a very familiar look.

“Ooooh, we can sex? I promise I no squishes, am good at sex! You be on top!”

With that she flopped on her back and spread her legs to reveal her pussy previously hidden beneath her simple tunic.

Erica let out a possessive yowl and Nina’s mood soured again.

“Not funny anymore.”

After the ever patient Ophelia made it clear that sex with Nameless was not on the table, the Ogre opened up to them and recounted her story.

“-And then there was a man and he said he was safe, but was a pockpicker and took my heart from me! But then new sister hit him and make his head fall off! I hope he okay...”

“He isn’t.” Nina, Erica, and Jan all said at the same time.

The Ogre sniffled again, wiping at her eyes with Milly’s polka-dot hanky while Kala loomed nearby, trying her best not to startle the girl, while at the same time wanting to keep her bond-mate safe from any threat she might pose.

“Now me lost again, I told new sister to come right back. But I never told her how much many right backs to take so she got lost I think. Now I look for her for much time, but still no find!”

Her bottom lip trembled as she finished her story and her eyes welled with fresh tears.

“Oh would you just get a grip already!” Nina said in exasperation, causing the big blue girl to flinch back.

But as she approached the frightened Ogre a barely discernible blur shot out of the trees, Kala called out in warning, but was too late to stop a massive blade as it whistled through the air and struck the Gigas in the cheek, causing her head to snap to one side.

Had she not been holding he hammer the blade would have taken her head off, as it was it left her ears ringing and her eyes spinning in their sockets.

Milly was standing closest to the Gigas and reacted quickly; with a startled bellow she leapt forwards and parried the follow up strike with her indestructible spear, the pair soon dueling across the road while Nina tried to shake the stars out of her eyes.

The shock of the sudden ambush had frozen most of the others in place, but Tora broke free of it quickly when she recognized the one Milly was fighting.

“HEY! No squishes!”

The ground shook slightly as the voluptuous Ogre leapt in the middle of the fray, seizing both combatants and pulling them away from each other with implacable force.

Milly’s opponent was revealed to be a young Troglodyte, her minute scales darkened with her ire as she glared at the Minotaur.

“Releasse me!” She hissed.

“NO! New sister no squishing new friends! Where for has you been?!”

“I told you not to trust anyone!”

“AND I TOLD YOUS TO COMES RIGHT BACK!” The Ogre roared.

Silence fell and the big