Rise of the Resurrected God by Ryan Kirk

Author:Ryan Kirk [Kirk, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Waterstone Media
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Zachary had taken this walk to clear his head, but now his thoughts were more muddled than ever. Though his hood kept his face hidden, he glared at every passing stranger. Several people stepped away from him, though he made no visible threat. Laughter down an alley felt like broken glass raked across his skin. The shouts of the cultists were daggers in the night.

He walked quickly toward home, wanting to put thick walls and guards between him and the rest of the city.

Leaving had been a mistake.

Making his proposal public had been a mistake. Just as Father had said.

The thought brought him up short, and someone who’d been walking too close behind him swore at him. Zachary ignored them.

Father had been right about the wedding. Was he right about what Zachary should do? He imagined returning to Aysgarth and convincing Hel to leave with him. She received even less thanks for her role than he did here. They could find a quiet place, just like Hakon had after he’d been released from his imprisonment. And together, they would hold back the wild as long as they could, enjoying their days.

The temptation made him turn in place and look in the direction of the militia’s barracks. Peace was only one transport away.

But turning revealed something more immediately concerning.

He wasn’t alone.

The street was crowded with people, but most of them could be safely ignored. They were like a river of humanity, flowing from one place to the next. They broke around him like he was a boulder thrown into the middle of a stream.

But there were others like him. Those who only pretended to have reasons to stop. One young man was at a shop, but the shopkeeper was yelling at him and he didn’t care. Another young man was leaning nonchalantly against a wall, but his eyes kept darting over to where Zachary stood.

Zachary didn’t let his gaze linger on either of them. He pretended not to notice them at all. He made out four people, and those were only the ones easy to spot. There might be more, better skilled and able to blend in with the crowd.

He completed his turn and continued on. He turned a corner and used the opportunity to glance back. The same four young men were following him still. He didn’t see any more.

Did he try to escape them, or did he catch them and interrogate them? Did they mean him harm, or were they just following him? And where did he go? He felt safe enough on the busier streets but going home would mean passing through several quieter neighborhoods. In other circumstances, he would have used Ingolf’s inn as a place to hide, but he suspected he’d find no safe shelter there.

There was no other place to be than his house. And he would feel better if he was there protecting Edda.

Running it was, then. If he put enough distance between him and his followers by the time he reached the quiet neighborhoods, he could throw up a shield and not have to worry.

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