Kragyn by Clarissa Lake

Author:Clarissa Lake [Lake, Clarissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

A few rotations later, on an evening when Kragyn was not expected at the pit, they rose early enough before sunset to walk to the village in search of the materials they needed to fence the garden patch. It was also an evening for the outdoor market in the village square.

Kragyn had gone a few times, but Reanne had never been. He thought it would be a nice change for them. They might just find someone who had scavenged something useful for building the fence.

Though, when they got there, he wasn’t so sure it was such a great plan. The patrons of the open-air market were almost all male, and he didn’t like the way they leered at Reanne. As they walked through and looked at the merchants’ wares, he held Reanne close with his hand at her waist.

Kragyn brought some protein bars in his backpack to trade if they found anything they could use. They had obtained a coil of wire Reanne thought might work to fasten the wheel chassis to a pallet. Four protein bars was a little steep, but they had plenty.

All while they strolled through the midway, Kragyn felt they were being watched.

“Some of these guys give me the creeps,” she whispered.

“And I don’t like the way they look at you,” he whispered back. There were three together that were in a huddle talking and glancing at them. “I think we should leave.”

They turned around together heading back the way they had come. Kragyn continuously glanced around to see if they were followed. But he knew they could circle around ahead of them and cut them off. He didn’t recognize any of them from the pit, so he doubted they would give him much trouble. Few fought in the pit that could match Kragyn’s skill.

They decided to go to the landing pad at a jog. This was not Kragyn’s regular route back to the mine caves, so he hoped they had lost them. As they approached, a fair sized pile of pallets was visible on the far side of the landing pad away from the gates. There was also an assortment of plastic shipping boxes like the ones Kragyn used to wash and store his dishes.

They already had a stack of them from his winnings at the pit. The metal pallets were sturdy with the slats close enough to keep all but the smallest skitter from getting through to the plants.

“Keep watching around us,” Kragyn warned as they skirted the fence to get to the pallets. “I haven’t seen anyone, but I have this edgy feeling that they are there.”

Most of the pallets were in good condition. Usually, they would be recycled, but no Sargan would risk landing just to get them. It would have been too dangerous for some metal pallets. It was after all a prison planet.

Kragyn had just picked a pallet from the top of the pile when the first goon showed himself. He wasn’t one of Bardo’s. They knew better than to mess with him.

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