The Timeless Keep (Legend of the Ecta Mastrino Book 2) by BJ Hanlon

Author:BJ Hanlon [Hanlon, BJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

“What’s this?” A gruff voice said a little too loud. “Two lovers in a cave.”

“Think they’re running from their parents, Lief?”

Edin’s eyes popped open and he looked back over his shoulder at three men standing in front of their shelter. They were dirty and their clothes were mismatched and filthy. All of them had swords at their hips and one with an eyepatch was leering at Arianne.

“Nah, they look like criminals. We should kill ’em; take their money,” Lief said sounding like he smoked a pipe any chance he’d get.

“And the girl,” Eyepatch said standing off to one side.

Edin slowly went for his sword. It was stuck between the ground and his hip. He felt Arianne shift uneasily.

“Pirates,” Arianne whispered.

“I know,” Edin said.

“That’s a wicked term, wench. You’ll suffer for that… or maybe you’ll enjoy it. Captain may even make you his private wench,” A man with a bandana around his head said. “After we have our fun of course.”

Edin felt a burst of rage. They threatened Arianne, wanted to turn her into some whore…

That was not okay. He noticed the way they were relaxed, casually standing as one would to watch a dog chase its tail.

Why wouldn’t they be? Edin thought. Arianne and he were cornered under a small overhang, not tall enough to stand in. And they were kids. The pirates probably were figuring they could just stick him with their blades and walk away with a weak damsel. They were wrong.

“Where’s your ship?” Edin asked.

“You ain’t getting to see that,” Bandana said as he pulled his sword. It was a cutlass, he’d seen them in pictures of pirates. A moment later, Bandana tried to step but his foot hung there and a surprised look fell over his face.

“What the…”

It was all Edin needed. Edin rolled and drew his sword. In a moment, he kicked Lief in the shin. The man yelped like a surprised mutt.

A second later Edin was on one knee as if proposing but his offering was a slice up with his blade at Bandana’s exposed chest. The man leapt back.

Edin’s body wasn’t loose but he felt good enough. He dropped his hand down and felt a twinge in his wrist.

“Magi,” Eyepatch stuttered trying to draw his weapon.

Lief was to his feet first. He charged at Edin like a wild animal with his blade above his head. Edin parried the cut and rammed a knee into the man’s gut. The man was about to collapse when a jeweled knife tore into his side. He barely noticed Arianne holding it, a wide-eyed horror on her face.

The pirate’s was worse. His guts began to fall out like noodles being dished from a pan.

Eyepatch hopped toward him. He sliced the blade in a figure eight in front of Edin.

Edin watched the man and not the blade. Another hop, but Edin was ready, he slipped in just beyond a whoosh of the blade and slashed into his arm. The hand flew off and Eyepatch blinked for just a moment before Edin took off his head.

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