The Grim Company: 1 by Scull Luke

Author:Scull, Luke [Scull, Luke]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781781852132
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2013-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

‘Urgh.’

‘Easy, now. Your body has endured a great deal of abuse. Even a young man would be lucky to survive the wounds you have suffered.’

He didn’t recognize the voice. It sounded like it belonged to an old fellow. An older fellow, at any rate.

He tried to open his eyes. Couldn’t. ‘Where am I?’ he asked, battling a rising sense of panic.

‘The village of Farrowgate. You’re inside my home. Your friends are with me. The combustion temporarily blinded you – or it may have been the ichor in your eyes. In any case, I am confident your vision will return.’

‘I’m here, Kayne.’ It was Jerek’s voice – gruff, unfriendly and, at that moment, the most comforting sound in the world.

‘What happened?’ he managed.

‘I had some of Vicard’s powder,’ said a woman. It was Sasha, he realized. ‘I took it from his backpack just after the Rift. Isaac hollowed out a bolt head for me a while back and I filled it with the stuff. I didn’t really think it would work.’

‘It was purely theoretical,’ droned Isaac. ‘You might just have revolutionized warfare. Imagine – a mere girl blowing apart a magical abomination!’

‘A mere girl?’ Sasha’s voice had turned frosty.

‘Uh, no offence,’ Isaac said quickly. ‘I was trying to pay you a compliment.’

‘Don’t.’

Silence.

‘First useful thing the bitch has done, shutting you up,’ said Jerek. More silence. ‘The second,’ he amended grudgingly. ‘Though I reckon we’d have taken the fucker ourselves if it came to it. Right, Kayne?’

Kayne sighed. Somehow they’d all survived. With any luck, the remainder of the journey back to Dorminia would be uneventful and they would collect their gold and be on their way. Assuming his sight returned and he didn’t die of his wounds between now and then.

Well, a man could hope.

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