A Route of Wares: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure: Hollow Island Book One by Daniel Coleman

Author:Daniel Coleman [Coleman, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

6

Never Befriend the Oppressed

<< Hollow Island is approximately 100 miles by 35 miles. If the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico had become a U.S. State, it would have ranked 49 out of 51 in size.

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Nash stared at the door his trainer had just gone through.

It was no joke; Nash was on his own.

Hollow Island’s population was around a half million people, with twice that many cameras. The city of San Juan surrounded Nash, squeezing him. Zero friends, zero money in his pocket, and zero ideas of where to go and what to do.

As he staggered away from the door, he tried to take stock of his situation.

At least he wasn’t dead after that fight yesterday. He had his dream job, even if he had no idea of how to do it. And at least he wasn’t locked in a windowless cell, unconsciously smashing his own head on a cement floor.

Nash’s body craved more food, but his gut was still sick thinking about what he’d just been a part of.

If he went back to the jail to try to help Gembel, it would only make matters worse for both of them. Every time he tried to help someone, he succeeded only in making things worse.

Nash needed to find a way to push the poor drunk from his mind. He needed to get somewhere away from San Juan, find a new situation and start fresh. Again.

He reached an intersection and looked down the three streets. The market held nothing for him at this point, so it was down to two options. Nothing in training or on the island so far had prepared him to be able to make the choice between one road and the other.

Some of Goodchild’s words from training rang through his mind in that rich Scottish accent. You’ll face decisions you can’t even conceive of now. And once you choose your path, lads and lassies, it’s hard to undo that choice. So, which road will you walk?

This particular challenge was definitely a decision Nash hadn’t conceived of. So which road would he walk now? Apparently, the coward’s road, where he crawled away with his tail between his legs and pretended like there weren’t evil people in the world. The road where he couldn’t make a difference because he was too new and inexperienced.

In his mind he was back to that sweltering day in New York. He’d been too hesitant that day as well. And it was his fault Karolina had been hurt. His fault for offering the chance to yield instead of finishing the fight. He should have known men like that would take advantage of the opportunity—and of Karolina.

And what had he told himself when he’d immigrated? That it would be different here. That he wouldn’t hesitate when someone needed him.

To the right lay the jail. To the right lay the risk that he might make someone’s life so much worse it could lead to death. And to the right lay the opportunity to make the difference he’d always planned.

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