Resistance by Alex Janaway

Author:Alex Janaway [Janaway, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912053766
Publisher: Fantastic Books Publishing
Published: 2018-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

Father Michael eased himself into the water for the second time that night. He was still damp from his earlier dip and he quickly adjusted to the change of temperature.

‘You okay?’ whispered Fenner, leaning over the edge of the row boat. ‘Weight not too much?’

Father Michael tested the weight of the baldrick that was secured to his back. ‘It’s fine.’ The baldrick held a shortsword. A sheathed dagger was tied tight against his hip.

Fenner reached down and patted his shoulder. ‘Good luck, then. This should be fun.’

Father Michael shook his head. Not for the first time, doubting Fenner’s sanity.

‘I’ll see you after,’ he responded, and kicked off. He kept his strokes steady as he covered the hundred yards to the shore. He was fortunate the tide was with him. Having taken to the boat once more, they had used the cover of the warships to row to the far side of the inlet and then back towards the east. Father Michael was heading now towards the edge of New Tissan where, hopefully, there would be no Watchers to see his arrival. He thought about Fenner again, he had been a sergeant once but had been demoted. That didn’t surprise him but he would like to find out the story behind that, once this business was done. If they both survived.

He looked back but the boat had disappeared. He was alone once more, and as he swam old feelings and expectations re-emerged from deep within. Going into the arena with no guarantee of success, against opponents that wished him dead. For his part, he welcomed the return of these thoughts; they were the experiences of a lifetime of combat and would serve him well in the night ahead. He was drawing near the southern shore now. He could see, a little further to the west, two distinct fires. The Admiral had told him that soldiers manned them, although he was sure the Watchers would be monitoring them as well. Even if those soldiers were loyal to the Emperor, the risk of discovery was still too great. The fires were along a stretch of beach where a few fishing boats were laid up. Beyond them, a few hundred yards away, were the new docks. When Father Michael had left they were the chaotic beginnings of a shipyard and a couple of jetties. Now, apparently, the docks were the focus, as the residents of New Tissan laboured to produce ships of a size and quality to survive the journey back to the old Empire.

Reaching the beach, he kept as low a profile as he could as the estuary bed rose. When he had no more water to keep him submerged, he forced himself up, and ran towards the long grass thirty yards away. Reaching cover he dropped down on his haunches and waited. After two minutes there was nothing to suggest anyone had seen him, so he stood once more and started his penetration into the town of New Tissan itself. Angling in from the north, he aimed for the square, where the Emperor had his quarters.

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