MoonFall by A.G. Wyatt

Author:A.G. Wyatt
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

GOING TO TOWN

NOAH’S FEET HIT the heap of rubble at the base of the wall, the impact jarring his knees and leaving him wobbling at the top of an already unstable mound. He could feel himself slipping, and knew if he was going to fall it was always better to jump. So he flung himself sideways towards what he hoped was flat ground.

He managed to land with his hands beneath him, saving him from bashing his brains out on the road. Fire flashed through his left wrist, leaving him hoping it was only a sprain. And with so little of his body not bruised or strained already, surely it was only a matter of time before he advanced to broken bones.

“Y’know what Mama would say?” He got to his feet, patted his holster to make sure Bourne was still there. “She’d say I was lucky to have lived this far, that each bruise was a blessing from the Almighty.” He turned the injured wrist, winced as the pain flared up again. “That being the case, right now I like the Almighty almost as much as I liked Blood Dog.”

Running feet approached around the corner of the prison. Noah darted across the road and into the narrow gap between two houses on the opposite side of the street. He wanted many things from life right now, but being caught and locked up in that jail again wasn’t one of them.

A group of Apollonian soldiers rounded the corner of the prison. One of them pointed up toward the hole in the wall through which Noah had escaped, but his commander kept him moving.

“No time,” the officer yelled. “We need to get to the walls.”

They disappeared again down another street.

Noah looked around. This area seemed to be quiet – hardly surprising, who’d want to live with Blood Dog and the other prisoners as neighbors? There was one hell of a noise coming from elsewhere in town though, sounds of violence and shouting. Going that way would be a last resort.

He ducked down the alley he’d been hiding in, followed it toward the walls. Here there was more noise. Some of it came from a few guards on battlements and towers taking potshots with muskets and bows, but more of it came from the right, towards the gate they’d led Noah and the chain gang out through. He followed the street until he could see what was going on, and it wasn’t a pleasant sight.

The gate had been busted open, apparently blown off its hinges by another of the explosions that had hit the prison. The ground around the gate was littered with bodies, lit by torches burning in brackets above the gate. Some of the bodies wore little more than rags, like the Dionites he’d seen in the prison. A few others wore fragments of armor and the red neck scarves of Apollo’s soldiers.

Soldiers stood around the gate, a few with bows, the rest with swords and clubs. Lieutenant Poulson was among them.

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