Jonathan Haymaker by Ferguson Sam

Author:Ferguson, Sam [Ferguson, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Dragon Scale Publishing
Published: 2015-12-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

As Jonathan and the others emerged from the long hall in the wall, the sun broke upon their faces through a torrential downpour that soaked them within seconds. Light illuminated the clear drops that were easily as large as the top portion of Jonathan’s thumb. They thumped down on Jonathan’s body with enough force that he made sure to keep his eyes and face pointed slightly toward the ground to avoid injury.

Sami walked as if nothing could be more pleasant than an early spring rain. Rourke, on the other hand, drew his cloak tighter about himself to fend off the deluge.

Fort Sym was a marvelous sight to see. In front of the outer wall that surrounded the fortress were several wooden cottages and houses. The thick thatch on the roofs was turned a muddy brown color in the heavy rains. There were several people out patching roofs, or moving along the muddy streets with animals.

A wooden horse-drawn cart squeaked by, sloshing a bit of mud up onto Jonathan’s right leg as it dropped down into a puddle in the road. A bunch of miserable looking chickens huddled together in wooden cages for warmth. Jonathan and the others walked alongside the cart for some time, passing a blacksmith who was busily pounding out something on his anvil.

A few people stopped and stared at Jonathan, or more accurately they stared at the bow on his back. Even if they didn’t know what it was, it was easy to see that it was as dry as a bone. Due to its enchantment, not a drop of water was able to remain upon its surface. If anyone had ideas of trying to take it from him though, Sami was quick to put down such thought with an ever watchful glare.

The giant black haired man stood nearly six and a half feet tall, and must have weighed more than three hundred pounds. There weren’t many men in all the realm who would likely tangle with a man like that. For that, Jonathan was happy to have him around.

Truth be told, he was happy to have Rourke along as well. It had been awkward at first, with Sami always eyeing the scout sideways or looking as though he were two seconds away from slapping the man upside the head, but they got through the first day alright and things felt as normal as they could all things considered.

If the buildings were interesting to see on the outside of the wall, the shops and buildings inside were much more so. There were no thatched roofs here. Each pitched roof was expertly made with shingles and boards, completed with gutters and drain pipes made of copper. The road was better as well. Though some of the mud from wagon wheels and feet was certainly brought in and smeared around the entrance, the well-built cobblestone road easily shirked off the water much better than the road of dirt and mud outside the wall.

Thirsty drains alongside the cobblestone wall gulped streams of rainwater down below the surface as well.

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