A Warrior's Redemption: Book Two of Saga of the Known Lands by Jacob Peppers

Author:Jacob Peppers [Peppers, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-10T22:00:00+00:00

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“Fire and salt, Maeve,” Chall said, “are you sure? About this dance, I mean? If you ask me, it looks more like the mayor’s got a small army gathering.”

Maeve glanced back at the mage. They were crouched in an alleyway across the street from the mayor’s mansion, counting on the shadows that lengthened as night approached to hide them from view. The mage looked worried, as well he might have. Certainly Maeve felt enough worry for the both of them. Dozens of guards patrolled the area around the home and still others were stationed at the gate. “An awful lot of guards for the mayor of a small town,” she agreed.

“Right,” Chall said. “And they don’t exactly look like the type that take kindly to intruders. Are you sure, I mean, about Matt and Priest being here?”

Maeve sighed. “We’ve been through this, Chall. No, I’m not sure, but it makes sense. After all, we know Cutter is inside. Besides, where else would they be? And if they are inside, we have to rescue them.”

“Sure,” Chall said slowly. “It’s not that I disagree with the goal, Maeve, so much as I don’t understand how we might achieve it. At least, not while keeping all of our pieces in their proper places.”

Maeve opened her mouth to respond but then started as a great roar came from nearby. She tensed, looking around and expecting to find an army charging down the street. None appeared, though, and after a moment she realized that the sound had not come from the street at all but from somewhere inside the mayor’s home. And it was not a battle cry—as she first thought. Instead, as the sound came once again, she realized that it was, in fact, cheering.

“What in the name of the gods is that?” Chall breathed, clearly as unnerved as she felt.

Maeve shook her head slowly, uncertainly. “I don’t know, but I don’t like it.”

Chall sighed. “I feel the same way. So we just have to somehow sneak past a small army of guards, into a home no doubt filled with plenty more, rescue Cutter and the rest—assuming they’re even there—from what is sounding an awful lot like a mob working itself up to murder, all while trying to keep from getting ourselves killed in the process.”

Maeve gave him a tight smile. “Seems so.”

“Well,” he said, sighing again, “it ought to be interesting anyway. So, what’s the plan?”

“How about we start with trying not to get dead, eh?”

“It’s not that I disagree with the goal, Mae,” he said, echoing his words from earlier, “it’s the execution of it that I’ve got questions about.”

Maeve nodded slowly. “I’ve got some thoughts about that. The entire town of Two Rivers seems terrified of the Fey, right?”

Chall grunted. “Based on the Fey I’ve met, I can’t say that I blame them.”

“Anyway,” Maeve went on, “it’s likely that the guards share the same fear. Sure, they wouldn’t be worried about an old woman and a fat man—”

“Rude,” Chall interrupted.

“But an army of the Fey, on the other hand…” She met his eyes, raising an eyebrow.

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