The Waif's Tale by C.L. Stegall

Author:C.L. Stegall [Stegall, C.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-02T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 44

1935, St. Gallen, Age 58

I had not gone more than three kilometers before I noticed that I was being followed. From the pace and heaviness of the footsteps, the tracker was a man of medium size. It appeared that my trip was not going to be as uneventful as I had hoped.

I was about to search out the mind of the person following me when the footsteps faded and then disappeared entirely. Perhaps I had been mistaken. I was not one to be paranoid, yet this whole assignment felt a bit off to me.

I continued on, making my way to the Abbey. As long as I was here, I was not going to miss the spectacle that was the Abbey at St. Gall. First built in 719, it had become its own principality in the 13th century. It was a piece of history worth visiting, I thought.

I strolled along Burggraben, onto Moosburggstrasse. I could see the cathedral to my right when I heard the stranger's approach, just in time to twirl about, protecting the intended target, my messenger bag. The metal lockbox was safe even as the leather strap was ripped from the bag with force. I stepped onto the grass off the street and faced my attacker. My breath caught in my throat.

"Thorne? What the bloody—"

"Just give me the box, Paris. Please. Don't make this worse than it has to be." He approached slowly, his hands palms by his sides. A million thoughts dashed through my mind yet none of them made one ounce of sense.

"What the fuck are you doing?"

"Please, Paris. I don't want to hurt you. I just need the box."

"You know I can't do that, Thorne." I settled myself, trying to cope with this unexpected turn of events. "Why are you here? I thought you were in Spain."

"I can't explain. Please. Just give me the box. I'll leave you in peace, I promise."

His words lay like stones on my heart. There was no other reason why he would try and disrupt my assignment. He was a traitor, turned against the Valensi.

"Why, Thorne? Why?"

"You don't understand what he's capable of. Few do. There's so much going on here that you're not privy to. Please. Trust me. I'm doing this for the right reason."

"No."

"What?"

"Any trust I once had in you evaporated the moment you attacked me."

"I didn't attack you! I just tried to steal the case. Once I realized it was you that he'd sent, I changed my plans."

"Your plans?" My heart rate was slowing and my mind prepared for what was to come.

"My orders were to kill the messenger and retrieve the box. but, I can say I managed to get the box without you knowing. You'll be safe. This will work."

"You think that because you didn't kill me, I'll just surrender my mission and my duty? Do you have any notion of who I am and what I represent? You may have been a Protector by vocation, but you just fucking threw that title and duty out the window, you bastard.

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