The Intern (The Forbidden World Book 1) by Garry Ocean

Author:Garry Ocean [Ocean, Garry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Accent Graphics Communications
Published: 2017-03-29T18:30:00+00:00

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When the hunters landed on the riverbank, it was already dark.

“It’s getting dark fast here,” Nick thought, “We must be somewhere in the equatorial zone of the planet. What does this tell me?” he asked himself and smirked sadly, “So far, absolutely nothing.”

The Dominia was illuminating the port with its emerald light that Nick already got used to during his time on the planet. He could see well even in almost complete darkness. But additional lighting that the second planet of this star system was emitting enabled him to see much farther. He turned his head right and left with curiosity. Nich caught himself thinking that he behaves like Sith now. The boy was looking, with his mouth open, at the mechanisms and loading equipment on the dock he had never seen before. And Nick himself could not shake off the feeling that they boarded not the ferry but a time machine.

“From the neolith era right into the medieval times,” he thought. “What other surprises does this planet have in store for me?”

His interest was caught by a ship, lazily rocking at the very end of the pier. It had one sail. On the sides, equal distances from each other, there were holes. Most probably meant for oars, Nick thought. It seemed they still did some unloading there. Nick noticed a mechanism resembling a loading crane with a long neck. It seemed to be moved into action by a complex system of various pulleys and balances.

That moment, a loud horn sound came from the ship. The hunters immediately stopped and started to look intensely in that direction.

“Collarhorn!” Valu instinctively grabbed his long knife hastened on his belt.

“Grown-up beast!” Ron confirmed his words.

“Disgusting warthogs!” Valu cursed toward the watchmen who stayed behind on the ferry. He still could not put up with the fact that they had made them leave their spears on the other bank.

“Why did they bring him here?” Sith asked the question on everyone’s mind.

“Getting ready for the Big Hunt,” Whisperer answered. “The Celebration of the First Exodus will start soon.”

“Like there’s nothing else to celebrate,” Valu mumbled and added with a smirk, “City folks, what can you do…”

Meanwhile, someone on the pier yelled a command and they heard the sound of a winch. A huge cage appeared above the dark shipboard. Another gut-wrenching roar came out of it, and the cage started to rock back and forth. Now they could hear people shouting from the ferry. The hunters could only hear snippets of cursing. Then they heard many feet stomping behind them. They were taken over by at least a dozen of watchmen. Every one of them had a crossbow on his back. The last one running must have been their commander.

“A thousand frosties up your asses!” he shouted, rushing the soldiers. “Move your paws faster, you pregnant yellowbellies!”

Suddenly he noticed the frozen hunters and stopped dead right in front of them.

“What are you gawking at, foresters?” he yelled. “Haven’t seen your relative in a long time?

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