The Chronomancer 3: A Men's Fantasy Harem Adventure by Neil Bimbeau & Gideon Hayes

Author:Neil Bimbeau & Gideon Hayes [Bimbeau, Neil & Hayes, Gideon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

11

Sunset in Kharbouth was always my favorite time to be on the rooftops. The sun turned the desert into a rainbow of colors and the day’s breeze turned into the night’s wind. Lanterns were lit, and windows were thrown open to welcome in the cooling air.

The city came alive as the sun reached the horizon, and my blood buzzed with its energy.

I had to explicitly order Myrah, Natalia, and Liandra to not accompany me, even if they didn’t want to stay in the Unplucked Gem. If they found their way to the newly renamed People’s Palace, then I trusted them to keep out of trouble. I didn’t bother suggesting Astrid and her Valkyries lay low. Tolvie would have done the opposite just to spite me.

I found myself trusting Astrid more than Tolvie, which was a bit of a mind fuck.

I slipped into my old life and old habits as if I’d never left the city. Very little had changed about my old routes over buildings and through alleyways. Sometimes the long boards bridging gaps had been moved, or disappeared all together, but each change only required minor adjustment of my route to Arnoz.

When I reached the last building before the massive walls around the palace Arnoz had taken possession of, I crouched low in the shadows and twilight. Below, the gates were open just as the innkeeper had said and a sea of people filled the street as they flowed into the open courtyard beyond the gates. The provocative statues that Jezrielle fancied had been removed, and in their place seemed to be topiaries or large potted palms to offer shade. I had to hand it to Arnoz, the People’s Palace was much more tasteful than it had been as the Palace of Love.

I weighed my options, and considered slipping in with the crowd. But I wanted to flex my skills as the Wraith once more. I studied the guards on the rooftops. They were all unfamiliar, but wore uniformed tunics with the Sand Viper sigil. They looked like the same type of brutes Arnoz had posted outside his door when he lived off of the Street of Silver.

It made slipping up over the wall and past them much too easy. I grinned even while shaking my head. Arnoz didn’t learn, apparently.

I ignored the chorus of the night market and the salivating scents of roasting lamb and spiced nuts as I traveled the shadows towards the inner palace which was restricted to the public. I’d studied this palace’s layout when planning my attack on Jezrielle, and the knowledge served me well still. I found a massive window, hardly guarded due to its inability to be easily accessed by the crowd. Once I was inside, it was only a matter of finding which room Arnoz had taken for his office.

I went straight to the room Jezrielle had used as a type of throne room. Two guards were stationed at the doors, which were open wide. My suspicion was correct. From my vantage point down the hall, I could see Arnoz seated behind a massive desk.

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