Fostering Faust 2 by Randi Darren

Author:Randi Darren [Darren, Randi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RandiWDarren
Published: 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

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Drumming his fingers against the tabletop, Alex waited impatiently.

The general of the soldiers in the city was due to meet with him. In fact, Alex got the feeling the man was late.

Considerably so.

Eleanor stood at Alex’s shoulder, saying nothing. Her right hand rested on the hilt of her sword as she stared out the doorway.

She took his safety and well-being incredibly seriously. Then again, he couldn’t blame her, given the condition of her last contract.

Riley was back at the keep, keeping their “home” in order and working on Rebekah.

He’d given Riley instructions to help turn Rebekah around to his will.

Riley had taken to the request instantly and run a number of questions and examples by him that she wanted to know his thoughts on.

Ranging from her servicing him in bed to how he’d scooped up her family and murdered those who had gone against them.

She was determined to make sure Rebekah knew the situation and the score in the city. In her own words, she wanted to lay it all out without any fear, showing her the reality of the situation.

Riley thought Rebekah’s own mind would do the job nicely for them. She didn’t need to prod her along.

Alex had briefly considered whether Riley was the better choice to break the other women for him over Valeria.

I bet she’s already working on Eleanor, too.

“Master, One said that you lie with her,” Eleanor said suddenly.

Looking up at the knight, Alex thought about how to respond to that.

Then a man in the Gers uniform entered the room, sparing Alex from having to respond.

“Count, I’m Captain Tael,” said the man, looking both nervous and excited at the same time.

“Good morning to you, Captain Tael,” Alex said evenly. “Why are you here, and not the general?”

“Because the… the general fled, Count.” Captain Tael looked pained and embarrassed even as he said it.

“Fled,” Alex repeated back.

“Yes… Count. Fled. He and his entire command group have fled the city. They slipped out last night,” said the captain.

Alex closed his eyes and grimaced, pressing his hands to his temples.

“Grand. Alright, you’re the general now. You’ll need to build up morale and keep the citizenry in line,” Alex said. “I don’t want to deal with it, and it isn’t something I’d be good at either.

“Just remind them that anyone missing from roll call will be part of the dispatch when I send my reports back to the duchess. It’d be in their best interest to make sure their names are present and accounted for.”

The newly minted general nodded quickly.

“Otherwise, I need you to start rounding up every bit of accelerant we can get our hands on,” Alex said. “I want it transferred to the military warehouse next to the keep itself.”

“Excel… acceler… accelerr-rant?” the captain muttered.

Great. Ok.

“Oil, kerosene, pitch, tar—anything you can put into a lamp, torch, or otherwise. Anything I can set fire to that will burn nicely that’s a liquid, gel, paste, or semisolid,” Alex said.

“I… ok, I understand. We’ll start going through the garrison’s inventory,” said Tael.

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