Blood Creek Beast by Jay Barnson

Author:Jay Barnson [Barnson, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732467484
Publisher: Immortal Works
Published: 2019-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

Shortly before dawn, Jack awoke to a soft knock at the door. He threw on his newly cleaned, slightly damp clothing, noting how worn it had become in a week of travel. Not that it would matter in a couple of days anyway.

He opened the door, expecting Posk or another guard. Instead, Delcina stood outside, with no one else in the halls. Her dress was a somber auburn with slightly poofed-out shoulders and slender lower sleeves of black silk. While far simpler than the one she’d worn the night before, it accentuated her already perfect figure. The only things marring her beauty were the red rings around her pale, otherworldly eyes.

Jack blinked, wondering for a moment if he was still asleep and dreaming. It didn’t feel like a dream. And with Rumela in the dungeon and himself about to ride off to meet his doom, it wasn’t a particularly pleasant one, either, Delcina’s appearance notwithstanding. In spite of her beauty, Jack regarded her as he would a snake of indeterminate species. She might sprout venomous fangs at any moment.

She stepped in and closed the door behind her. “We don’t have long.”

“What would your daddy do if he knew you were here?” Jack mused out loud with a bit more venom of his own than he’d intended. “Or is that the plan? Get me in trouble for trying to kidnap you again?”

Her eyes blazed. “I came to help you, because I felt sorry for you. Perhaps I was mistaken.”

“You and me both. I thought we worked out all that ‘I ain’t kidnapping you’ stuff back in the woods. But then out we come, and you have Bachan arrest me with that little asshole, Zainus, looking on. And then you let me trip myself up in front of your daddy, so he gave me a delayed death sentence. I hope you pardon me if I have my doubts.”

She scowled, then her features softened. “I am not used to being spoken to in such a manner, sir.”

“I’m likely to be dead and gone soon, so you don’t have to get used to it.”

“You really are from a long way away, aren’t you?”

Jack rolled his eyes. “You finally believe that part?”

“Look, I don’t know how it works where you come from, but whether I believe you or not is irrelevant. My father is the king. He doesn’t take my council on many things. I told him I thought you were telling the truth. He grew anxious when I told him that you told me you were from another world, but he seemed to believe it far more readily than I did. However, I overheard Zainus tell him you were a bandit who had been attacking villages.”

“That little sumbitch!” Jack balled his hand into a fist. “If by any miracle I manage to survive this, I am going to kick his tail so hard he is going to taste my shoe!”

Delcina raised her hand. “We do not have much time, remember! Survive the giant, and then maybe you can plot your revenge.

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