No Quarter Collection: Volume One by Aeryn Rudel Douglas Seacat & William Shick

Author:Aeryn Rudel, Douglas Seacat & William Shick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, Adventure, RPG
Publisher: Skull Island eXpeditions
Published: 2013-12-19T08:00:00+00:00

When Harga found Varok hanging upside down from the branch of a gnarled tree, his torso bloody and his intestines sliding between the great hands he clutched to his middle, her heart sank. She might already be too late. She cut him down as quickly as she could, then bound his abdomen with a strip of cloth from her kilt as he described the attack. She listened with only half an ear, relieved to see the wound was not as grave as she had feared but well aware of the little time she had to spare.

“Can you walk?” she asked Varok urgently as she helped him to his feet. Now that she knew he was out of the worst danger, she was desperate to return to her father. If she could get back before the creature found him, they could fight it together and possibly slay it.

Varok obviously sensed Harga’s desperation, and the full weight of realization crashed into him like a battering ram. His face sagged and the rage fled form his face, leaving only the haunting revelation that he had failed his companions. “Harga, I—”

“Not now, Varok,” Harga said, cutting him off. “If you can walk, find your way back.” She then turned and broke into a run, leaving Varok to consider his failure alone.

A few minutes of running through the forest brought Harga back to where she had left her father. At first she saw nothing but the empty stretcher, and then the cold weight of horror settled in her gut like a heavy stone as she saw her father’s still form on the ground. She stumbled to where the corpse lay and forced herself to examine it, taking in every detail of his savaged body. She wanted to remember this clearly, so she could always kindle the rage and hatred that now burned brightly within her.

Suddenly aware of eyes upon her, Harga turned her gaze up to the forest canopy. The creature stood out in the open some thirty feet from the ground, upon the branch of a great oak. She retrieved her father’s axe from where it hung across her back and pointed its great, notched blade at the creature. “Mark me, fiend, for I have marked you!” she shouted. “There will be a reckoning for the blood you have spilled here!”

As the words left Harga’s mouth something stirred in the air, and she felt the unmistakable weight of destiny settle over her. She would meet this creature again. Of this she was certain.

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