Dragon In Gallis: The Lump Adventures Book Two by Bruce Leslie

Author:Bruce Leslie [Leslie, Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-13T22:00:00+00:00

14: An Old Friend

“Here is my proposal, witch,” said the Gallisian Commander. His hand was on the hilt of his sword, and a confident smirk stretched across his face. “If you surrender yourself, and the crone hangs, I will release your parents.”

“And my other companions?” Meena gave a quick nod toward the three men behind her.

“The big one must return to Galliston.” The Commander gave his shoulders a slight shrug. “I have no interest in the other two.”

Meena glanced at her parents. They had fear in their eyes as they stood motionless at the point of two halberds. She turned her eyes back to the Commander. “If I surrender, you must spare the crone!”

The Commander shook his head. “The hag has to hang for her offenses, there is no changing that.”

Meena looked up at the birds circling low overhead. They glided on the wind, holding their powerful wings steady as they banked. She looked over at her frightened parents with their hands bound and mouths gagged, then back up at the crone with the rope around her neck. She said, “This is the final time I will make this offer: release my parents and the crone, and I will surrender myself to you.” She glanced back at the Lump, then returned her eyes to the gallows. “My friend will be free to choose whether or not to return to Galliston. Those are the terms for my surrender.”

“No, Meena, you can’t do that!” Flynn kept his drawn bow trained on the Commander while his eyes shot toward Meena. “You have no idea what they will do to you.”

The Commander laughed at Meena’s proposal. “To show how little I care for your offer, I believe I will hang the old woman now.” He tightened the loop of rope around the crone’s neck.

“No, you won’t!” Meena gripped her staff tight in both hands and shouted, “I warned you!”

A chorus of screeches erupted overhead. Falcons swooped down from the cloudless sky and buried their talons into the mail of the footmen guarding Meena’s parents. The footmen let out startled cries while wings, beaks and talons beat against them.

The well-muscled stag leapt at the guards while the birds demanded their attention. The noble beast lowered its head and the mighty rack of antlers crashed into the poles of the extended halberds and forced them away from the prisoners. The stag snorted and dug its hooves into the ground as it pushed against the guards.

Flynn loosed his arrow. It sailed toward the gallows and the Gallisian Commander that stood upon them.

The Commander dropped to his knees. The planks made a hollow thud when he hit them and the arrow sailed over his head. He shouted, “Kill them all!”

Meena rushed toward the gallows and swung her staff in a fast arc at the legs of the two footmen standing next to the crone. She swept their legs out from under them and they crashed hard on their backs. One footman’s helmet fell away and rolled off the wooden platform.

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