Once We Were Kings (Young Adult Fantasy) (The Sojourner Saga) by Alexander Ian & Graham Joshua

Author:Alexander, Ian & Graham, Joshua [Alexander, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, rick riordan, percy jackson, c.s.lewis, #1 bestseller, epic fantasy, Fantasy, narnia, christian fantasy, bestseller
Publisher: Dawn Treader Press
Published: 2013-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTY

“By the stars!" cried the larger sword-wielding slave trader. The shorter one screamed like a woman and fumbled with his cross bow. All the while, muffled cries emanated from the writhing cloth sack as the prisoner struggled in vain to pull free from the ropes that bound it to the tree.

Greifer roared and flashed fangs which bore a resemblance to curved daggers. Both horses reared up and screamed. Bewildered, Render gripped the edge of a branch so hard his fingers grew numb.

Down below, he could see Greifer, her sleek panther coat glistening in the amber light of the setting sun, her angry tail sweeping from side to side. Slowly, she approached both men and betrayed not even the slightest hesitation, armed though they were.

They backed away, stammering unintelligibly.

"I'm going to try to get on me horse and—" Greifer leapt over him. "Oh!" Now she blocked the path to the horses, leaving open the trail that led out of the wood and into the open road.

The taller man glanced over his shoulder, dropped his sword and flew down the trail.

"Wait!" called the other. "You cowardly worm! Don't leave me here alone!"

With great caution, Greifer approached him, even as he gritted his teeth, took a deep breath and aimed his crossbow. Unexpected pluck, Render thought. But the thought of Greifer getting killed gave him pause. She was the only person that could answer the many questions that plagued him. He could not allow her to perish. Moreover, if she was who she claimed, he owed her his life many times over.

"All right, you beast!" said the merchant. "It's just me and you then." He lifted the weapon.

Without a second thought, Render pulled out the dagger he'd lifted from the dead soldier. He concentrated his aim at the merchant's hand. In one swift motion, he threw the knife, sending it whistling through the air.

If he had not witnessed it with his own eyes, Render would not have believed what happened. The merchant let out a startled grunt. His crossbow clattered onto the rocks at his feet.

Now panting and wheezing, the wide-eyed merchant whined like a frightened child as Greifer stood upon her hind legs and planted her forepaws upon his shoulders. She glared down and growled at him, jaws ready to rip this throat out.

"No, please, no!" he cried, chest heaving with rapid gasps. His right arm dangled from the sleeve which Render had pinned to a tree with his dagger. Render climbed down and retrieved the fallen crossbow and pointed it at the pathetic little flesh merchant.

"I see you've met my friend," Render said.

"Your—?"

Greifer clamped her massive jaws around the merchant's right arm and pulled. This tore the fabric from his sleeve leaving a swatch fastened to the tree and fluttering in the breeze like a tattered sail. From the dagger which Render had thrown, smoke arose with tiny flames smoldering at the center.

Instantly, the man fell on his back, pinned by the mighty paws of the black panther. By the

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