Blazing Blunderbuss (Wyvern Chronicles Book 1) by Whittaker Nix

Author:Whittaker, Nix [Whittaker, Nix]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-23T22:00:00+00:00

Kerak was a sprawling town. It really could have been classed as a city if it had bothered to go through the paperwork to be classified as such. Landing in the port had been a simple affair.

There were a couple of roughs running the port, but although they were gruff, they were fair. She knew if they broke any of the rules the port authorities wouldn’t be so fair then. She had Gideon and Henry to carry the trunk. It was light, but awkward.

Hara had looked inside even though there was a very complicated lock on it. She had worried it was drugs, and if that had been the case she would have taken it back to its owner and told them to go shove it. She was amused when she found it was filled with spices. Rare and exotic and really-difficult-to-acquire spices, but only innocuous spices. She was pretty sure they were stolen, but then so was her ship. She really couldn’t be all high and mighty and moral when it came to stealing.

Hara was leading the way with the notes Alice had taken from the client. She knew Kerak vaguely. She and her father had hidden out in one of the taverns here. Her father had been running away from an Empire noble he had conned into buying a mine which didn’t exist.

Seeing the place now that she was older, Hara was shocked her father had brought a child here. The streets had women of ill repute on every corner. The men swore and cursed loudly. Hara thought her father probably had been oblivious to the behavior of the residents of Kerak.

Hara noticed a person watching them. He looked familiar, but she had stayed here for a while and it might be someone she had known from her past. She dismissed him easily.

The tavern where they were to meet the clients was at the end of the street. A quick signal to the innkeeper and they were led to a private room at the back. Gideon put the trunk down and settled on top of it.

Hara said to Henry, “Head back and grab some supplies. We should be along shortly.”

She said the last bit a little louder, because the door was open already and the people they were supposed to meet had arrived. Henry ducked past the clients as they entered, and returned to the airship.

Their clients were the typical overly muscled men she had expected to be picking up stolen goods. She stood next to Gideon, who was inspecting his nails in an overly casual way. He would not seem like the most dangerous person in the room.

One of the clients motioned to the trunk with his head and asked, “Is that what we’re here for?”

Hara placed her hands on her hips and said, “That depends if you brought the money.”

The leader didn’t answer. He motioned for his men to move forward. She didn’t wait. She pulled out her gun and pointed it at him.

Gideon said, “Wow, that escalated fast.

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