POWER AND FURY by James Erith

Author:James Erith [Erith, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jerico Press

Archie couldn’t believe it.

First Sue screaming nonsense at Isabella, and now this!

Where was the referee?

He thumped the goalpost, shook his head, and looked up. The giant, angry bruise of a cloud stretched above him like a monstrous airship. It sagged so low in the sky that he felt he could jump up and burst it as easily as pricking a balloon.

The heady smell of damp filled his nostrils as another crack of thunder escaped. Archie felt his blood boiling inside him. Five Newton players surrounded Daisy.

She managed to stand, but one of them pushed her over.

That was the final straw. Anger flooded through him. No one, Archie seethed, does that to my sister.

He tore down the pitch, the crowd baying and shouting as the referee desperately tried to separate the fighting players.

‘NO! Don’t retaliate, Archie—’ he could hear someone yelling. It was too late, though. Hell had broken loose.

One of the Newton boys was holding Daisy’s hair and leering at her, screaming in her face. Archie grabbed him by the collar and threw him away, the boy sailing through the air and landing in a heap on the ground. Archie punched another boy hard on the nose. He thought he heard crunching sounds, then found himself receiving blows although he couldn’t feel them.

Blood coursed through his body. He felt strong and powerful. Invincible.

A couple of Newton boys jumped him but he picked one up with one hand and tossed him over his shoulder. The other boy he wrestled to the ground until the boy under him squirrelled away. Then he found another hitting Jimmy Nugent. He smashed the boy hard in the stomach and tossed him to the side like a piece of litter.

The whistle shrilled again and again.

Finally, a sharp, stern voice rose up out of the melee. It was Isabella. Archie could see her marching towards them. Oh no!

Archie looked around. Three Newton boys and the referee stared at him with their eyes wide open. Was it in fear?

This was a sensation he’d never experienced before.

Archie wiped his brow and allowed himself a smile.

Yup. It felt strangely good.

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