Flight of the Magnus by L S Roebuck

Author:L S Roebuck [Roebuck, L S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998609034
Publisher: Shadowlands Press
Published: 2018-12-17T07:00:00+00:00

Sparks took a quick jab at North’s torso. Her gloved fist found its ribbed target, but didn’t seem to have much impact. North came right back with a right hook, but Sparks nimbly dodged the powerful swing.

“Why don’t you spar with women, present company excepted?” Sparks asked as she attempted to flank the Marine. “After millennia of human history, the patriarchy won’t die.”

“I guess I respect women too much,” North said, countering Sparks with an unsuccessful leg sweep. Sparks leapt back to give herself some maneuvering room. “I don’t like to hurt women.”

“How can you not see how condescending that is?” Sparks said through her controlled breathing. She took a running leap toward the wall netting, and bounced onto North’s back, putting his head into a leg vice grip and bringing the large man to the ground, sitting on his back.

North, face down, grabbed her right leg with his arm. With one quick powerful tug, he pried Sparks off and stood, and moved in to pin her.

“Don’t fool yourself, North,” Sparks stuttered as she rolled into a defensive crouch, “You hurt women. Take Amberly, for example. You hurt her.”

North stopped in mid-step and put his arms down.

“I did hurt Amberly,” North said, and stepped back from Sparks, “but I didn’t like it.” North’s eyes burned with anger, and Sparks suddenly was scared, and quickly stood from her crouch.

“Women are easy to hurt,” North said with a flat, low tone. Sparks wasn’t sure if sweat or tears were running down his face. North stepped towards Sparks. “That’s why your Chasm friends will fail. Women and men are not the same. Men are physically stronger. Women are more nurturing. Men are individualists. Women are communal. Men and women are intrinsically different.”

Sparks started to get defensive. “You are such a misogynistic ass. Men are not better than women.”

“I didn’t say men are better. I said men are different. But forget your vaporous reaction to my misogyny. What about Kimberly Macready — misandrous husband murderer? And you followed her to hell and back,” North shot back. “Men are to be used and trashed. That’s what Amberly did to me. That’s what her evil mother did to how many men? How many men did that man-eater leave in her wake? Ply us with your damn wiles, throw your curves at us, and we’ll drool and do whatever the heck you say.”

Sparks didn’t expect to rip off such a putrid bandage. She reached out with her gloved hands and gently pushed down North’s. “Hey, big guy, no need to get so worked up. We were trying to unwind, remember? Save it for tomorrow’s fight.”

North looked to the side, and continued his diatribe in little more than a mumble. “Society has been trying to deprogram the natural differences of women and men for centuries, and it never works. We always revert to natural order. To God’s order.”

Sparks rolled her eyes as North invoked his deity. She pulled off her gloves and grabbed a water bottle. She took a swig, the stepped closer to North.

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