For Steam and Country: Book One of the Adventures of Baron Von Monocle by Jon Del Arroz

Author:Jon Del Arroz [Del Arroz, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Superversive Press
Published: 2017-06-14T23:00:00+00:00

Theo kept a log of all this ship’s adventures. I know he would want me to continue here. He’s been gone for more than a week, leaving me as acting captain of this vessel. I pray that he comes back to us. I won’t give up the search.

An excerpt from Captain von Cravat’s log

Day 30 of the Month of Kings

17th Year of Malaky XVI’s Reign

Several hours later, I awoke once more in my father’s quarters, laying in the bed next to Toby. The medic had given me some sort of elixir, and that put me to sleep within minutes. I vaguely remembered being carried back to the bed. My jaw still hurt, but the swelling had come down since I’d hit the deck. “Toby, you awake?” I asked, testing my voice if anything. I could talk, though I had to be careful with my mouth’s movements.

Toby slept on one of the decorative pillows, curled up into a little ball. He didn’t respond to my voice. When he crashed, he went down hard. A knock on the door came a moment later, though the person didn’t wait for my response. The door opened.

Captain von Cravat stood before me. She carefully shut the door behind her. “Good, you’re awake. I wanted to see how you were doing.”

“Much better,” I said. “I can talk again, though I feel a little woozy. What was in that concoction I drank?”

“I don’t ask, and I’m sure you don’t really want to know,” Captain von Cravat said with a smirk. “The medic does as the medic does. One of the unwritten rules of the Liliana.”

“Probably a good rule, as long as you can trust the medic.”

She nodded. “I talked to the crew about what you’d done. That was very brave of you, Zaira. And you even scored one dead Wyranth solider, reports say.”

Scored one? They kept tally of their kills like it was a sport? I wrinkled my nose, finding that distasteful. I supposed one would have to find some way to get used to the violence of war if one were to make a career in it. “That’s right,” I said.

She considered for a moment, then sat herself on the corner of my bed. “Frankly, I’m surprised. I didn’t think you had much of a fighting spirit in you. This wouldn’t make for the first time I’d underestimated you. You have a little of Theodore in you after all. Perhaps more than that…” Captain von Cravat stopped herself and stared out the portal.

“More than that?” I asked.

Captain von Cravat sighed. “There’s a lot I wasn’t going to tell you, for your own sake. I didn’t think you’d want to hear it, but you’ve earned the right to know. The crew is coming to respect you, and this is your ship. When we get Theo back, I bet you’ll be joining the crew.”

I had a feeling something like this could come. Not the talk necessarily, but something about Captain von Cravat that lingered under the surface of her hardened soldier exterior.

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