Hero Cast Trilogy Omnibus by Adam Carter

Author:Adam Carter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Adam Carter
Published: 2017-07-30T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

It was morning by the time the apepkith awakened. Canlin had kept a careful watch upon him while his scouts had scoured the area for signs of the others. A check of the well had revealed some interesting results, but he wanted to wait until Asperathes was awake before drawing any conclusions. Valok had refused to leave the apepkith’s side and Mannin had been sent to fetch the man’s shirt. Even unconscious, the threat Asperathes posed should not be disregarded, Valok had said, and seldom did he even take his eyes from the prisoner. Canlin had assigned Mannin to remain with him in order to run whatever errands he required. This freed up some of the sergeant’s time to consult with his troops, although he spent as little time away as possible.

Valok was worried. Canlin had seldom seen Valok worried. It was not a pleasant sight.

Eventually, though, Asperathes stirred. Valok and Mannin both tensed visibly and Canlin forced himself to relax. They were holding the prisoner in a section of the fallen fortress. It had three walls, mostly intact, and no easy escape route for a bound snake man.

As he awoke, Asperathes assimilated his surroundings, taking in each of his gaolers separately. There was no panic to his eyes, no emotion at all in fact. He was calmly assessing them, and that was the thing which caused Canlin the greatest concern.

“Took you long enough to catch me,” Asperathes said. “Ten years is a long time to be running.”

“For your species,” Canlin replied as casually as he could, “a decade is nothing.”

“Even for my species a decade is still ten years.”

If the prisoner was trying to make a philosophical point, Canlin was not interested.

“Where’s Captain Wren?”

“I don’t know. But,” he added when he could see Canlin was about to tell him he was of no use then, “I can find her.”

“How?”

“What do you know about me?”

“What do I know?” Canlin asked. “You’re a wanted criminal, you’re an apepkith who belongs to high society but who consorts with human criminals.”

“And what else?”

“There are rumours you were a bounty hunter at one time, if that’s what you’re getting at.”

“A bounty hunter,” Asperathes said. “And a very good one, at that. Those arrows you found? I found them too. Even the one you ground into the dirt. They make tracking easier, don’t they?”

“So easy,” said Canlin, “we don’t need you.”

“How did you get to the arrows?”

Canlin exchanged a glance with Valok. “Mannin here found the first one, Valok the second. Why?”

“I didn’t mean who found them. I meant why did you come here? To this dismal skeleton of a once-great castle.”

“We were searching for Captain Wren, and this was in the area.”

“So you got lucky?”

Canlin narrowed his eyes. “Your point?”

“I didn’t just get lucky. I’ve been tracking Crenshaw for a few days now. You do know that name, I take it? Anyway, the spoor led me here, which is where I picked up the trail of your Captain Wren as well.” He paused.

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