Maal The First Skull- Shadows of the Mind by Theodore Packwood

Author:Theodore Packwood [Packwood, Theodore]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943844838
Publisher: Malicious and Acrimonious Lamentations, LLC
Published: 2019-02-06T22:00:00+00:00

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“What do yew want then, lads?” Erigg said lightly, a false smile upon his face. “I only have a few coins, but yew can have them.” He pulled out several grubby pieces of metal and jingled them in his hands.

“Redbeard: no task,” another said. They moved forward again, spreading out.

“Task: take coins,” said the third, pointing behind Erigg at the pile of shiny circles spilled out of Tchurn’s open bag.

“Are yew mad?” Erigg said, subtly shifting the way he was holding the antlers. “That giant of a man there is a Lavalier. With a mighty short temper, at that! Yew wake ‘im up, and yew’ll be slaughtered.”

“You task: no wake,” said the first, “Or Lez task: take out eyes.”

“Reze’?” Erigg pleaded, looking at her. The young Goor stopped, and tensed.

“If the fangs come out, I don't know when I’ll be able to put them away.” She looked at him with dark, dark eyes, then back at the Goor. “I don’t want to hurt you, Erigg.” Yet out of her mouth came a flick of the tongue, a betrayal of eagerness.

“Yew can’t help without killin’ them?” Erigg said, his face turning grim. “So be it.”

“Just let them have the coins, Erigg.”

“Tchurn’s me friend, and he saved me life,” Erigg said, steeling himself. “I’ll not have them robbin’ him while he’s sleepin’.”

“Witch: no task,” one of them said, looking pointedly at Reze’.

Reze's grin fell away, and she got up. The four young Goor froze, watching her carefully. She stomped over to the wall next to the fireplace, and propped her back against it. She crossed her arms and her legs and glared at them. Her eyes disappeared into shadow, but the menace they delivered could still be felt. “If you hurt him badly, the fangs will come out, regardless.”

One of the Goor nodded at her, shorter than the rest. “Lez task: understand. All task: no weapons.” Two of the four put their pickaxes on a nearby table. The other pair sheathed their knives.

What power she has over them, whispered Indigo.

“If you were not so afraid, Jil,” I said to Jil, behind me, “you could assist your friend Erigg.”

They rushed him. Erigg snapped his antlers up and jabbed forward, catching the short one, Lez, in the gut. He went down, holding his midriff. Another leapt over him as he fell, teeth bared, fists high. Erigg stepped back and spun his antlers up, catching the Goor below the chin, knocking him back into the nearest table.

The remaining pair flanked him, and attacked from both sides. He took a savage kick in the arm and let it push him toward the fourth, who was caught off-guard by Erigg’s sudden shift toward him. He took a fist to the face, and retreated.

The second got up from the bench and tried to grab him around the chest, but Erigg’s antlers knocked the Goor’s arms up, which shot back to his neck after Erigg jabbed him in the throat. Erigg then hooked an antler around the back of his neck and spun him into Lez, who had just stood up.

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