The Bloody Quarrel (The Complete Edition) by Duncan Lay

Author:Duncan Lay
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Epic, Fantasy, Fiction, Action & Adventure, General
ISBN: 9781760301644
Publisher: Momentum
Published: 2016-02-10T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 29

Fallon watched Kerrin disappear through the gate and breathed a sigh of relief. At least he was safe. He put down Orhan.

“Can you run, lad?” he asked.

Orhan nodded convulsively and he patted him on the shoulder. “Hold your brother’s hand and we shall get out of this,” he said.

But he could see guards pouring out of the castle, like angry ants from a disturbed nest. Barely fifty heartbeats after Kerrin had made it out of the gate, the way ahead was blocked off and he grabbed Feray, dragging her back towards the stables, the frightened boys with them. Without Kelty the guards were obviously disorganized and Fallon hoped that they would remain so for just a little while longer, until Kerrin returned with help.

But that hope was swiftly dashed.

“There he is, get him!” someone shouted and a squad of guards clattered across the cobbles to surround them, all of them carrying sword and shield.

They were led by a familiar face and Fallon smiled humorlessly as he saw Quinn advance on him, although the officer stayed carefully behind a wall of shields. Fallon pushed Feray behind him and took a two-handed grip on his shillelagh.

“Give up, Fallon. You don’t stand a chance,” Quinn said.

“What would you know about fighting?” Fallon sneered, hoping to keep him talking for as long as possible.

“We only want the woman and the children. Give us them and we can forget all about this,” Quinn said persuasively.

Fallon laughed at him. “Do you think the mad King will forgive and forget? He will want double the sacrifices to heal his face after what I did to him!”

Quinn’s face whitened. “You dare insult the King?”

“He’s a murderer, a Zorva-worshipper and a madman!” Fallon shouted back scornfully.

Quinn shook his head. “You have lost your mind. This is your last chance. Drop your weapon and give us the woman and children.”

“So he can sacrifice them to Zorva? I think not. I have sworn to protect them, just as I have sworn to smash your ugly face into the cobbles, and I don’t break my word,” Fallon told him.

Quinn signaled to his men. “Take him,” he said.

They eased into the advance as Fallon dropped into a crouch. Obviously they had heard about how good he was with the shillelagh, although that gave him no pleasure. He jumped forwards and punched out at a pair of guardsmen, forcing them back a step, but the others closed in and he prepared to sell his life dearly.

“I think you’re about to break your word, Fallon,” Quinn sneered.

Fallon glanced at him, then began to laugh.

“You think this is funny?” Quinn snarled.

For answer, Fallon pointed behind.

“If you think I am going to fall for that old trick—” Quinn began, then the screaming began, followed by the crash of metal on metal.

Quinn and his men all turned, to see what Fallon was enjoying. A flood of men, led by the massive Brendan, were smashing their way through any guards that tried to stop them, sweeping them away like pus from a wound.

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