Conspiracy: Wahrheit Book 1 by AC Cobble

Author:AC Cobble [Cobble, AC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cobble Publishing LLC
Published: 2022-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

She was standing there fuming, waiting for the endless parade of spearmen to finally pass so she could go back down on the streets and leave the tavern, when she saw a familiar face. It was shocking, as the number of people in Ehrstadt she knew could be counted on one hand. It seemed it would be one less.

Walking at the head of one of the companies near the rear of the procession was the peasant boy who’d smashed her on the head with her own pistol. The cut was still there, a nasty scab that she had to force herself not to pick at. She’d almost forgotten him amidst the crashing wave of everything else, but there he was, walking down the street in front of her.

He’d struck a noble. The punishment for such a crime was a flogging or a hanging depending on the circumstances and the vehemence the noble used when describing the incident to a magistrate. She imagined the punishment for hitting a future queen was far bloodier.

But the boy hadn’t known who she was or what had been intended for her, had he? He’d been as surprised as her when they’d claimed she would become queen. Did he regret hitting her after learning that? It was no credit to him if he did. Men shouldn’t hit women, no matter their class.

Watching him, she wondered how he had gotten involved in her rescue. Captain Tilly was the captain of the dragon knights. A man like him was required to get her out of Mertz during the battle. Gerhard Fischer was obviously a spy at the heart of the matter. Ilse Brinke held more secrets than any one person ought to know, and she had the trust of both of the men.

But the boy, he’d just been available, evidently. They’d put him on the back of a dragon because, for some reason, Gerhard couldn’t fly one. This boy was even more over his head than Ursula was, if that was possible.

She had asked Ilse about the boy, briefly, wondering if he was in jail after the event, or maybe dead. The quartermaster had laughed at that. She’d told Ursula that she and the boy had much in common. Ursula had doubted that and even asked if it was a jest, but she had been told the boy’s village had been razed, Tilly had flown in on his dragon, and the boy was now in a role he never would have expected, just trying to do his best.

Ilse had leaned in and held Ursula’s gaze when she’d said it, as if there was meant to be a lesson in the comment. Perhaps there had been, but looking at the peasant boy now, Ursula did not feel as she had much in common with him. Still, the boy was no villain. She admitted that after a few days in the city, and she hadn’t demanded his arrest.

But he was no hero, either.

He stumbled, and she realized he was looking up at her.

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