The Leader by Montgomery Quinn

Author:Montgomery Quinn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The previous evening had been long and carnal. By the end of it, I had seeded each of my wives multiple times each. There were hopes that at least one more would be pregnant. Chit was the most worried, as orc’s didn’t have great success with falling pregnant. But there was hope her elfin mother would have changed that slightly. Not that she was complaining, practice was fun regardless. But what had led to a wonderful evening, was an abysmal morning as we stood in my office. Eila, Ally and Sessa had accompanied me today, as Baz had sent Lonty over with a message that we needed to meet. It wasn’t good news.

“So you found Gornty’s corpse outside the main gate, and the elf that accompanied the assassin is gone?” I asked.

Baz nodded slowly, “Seems, it was a pair of women posing as entertainers. They came in, flirted a whole lot and started asking around about you. The one that attacked you in the street was probably random. I don’t think they expected to see you just walking around in the open.”

“Where else would I be?”

Baz shrugged, but Eila spoke up, “Father would expect that you’d either have run, or were in hiding somewhere. If he knew a battle was coming, he’d lock himself in the throne room with all his guards. He’s not the leader you are.”

“Right,” Baz said, nodding at the information. “Anyway, it seems she grabbed only what she needed and slipped out of the Inn. At some point she must have run into Gornty, locked in the stocks and probably traded his freedom for him hiding her. The fetz have numerous hiding places throughout the town.”

“Why kill him?”

“It’s how we’re trained,” Ally sighed softly. “I’d have done the same thing in her place.”

“Is there anything you could think of to stop this kind of thing happening again?”

Ally paused and thought for a moment, “Not alone. But with a small group of like minded individuals, I could train up a few assassins of our own.”

I grit my teeth, “I don't like that idea.”

“I know husband,” Ally agreed. “But you won’t treat them as disposable. And if we keep ours within the walls as counters to the enemy, they’d be more or less safe. It’s always sending them out on missions like this, where we’d lose members.”

CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG

“What’s that?” Sessa hissed from my shoulder.

“That’s a warning,” I told her.

I was actually lucky I’d thought about this in advance. Usually, walking around town, I’d be dressed as everyone else. But after the attack yesterday and the impending battle, I’d gotten into my armour before leaving the house. I even had my sword and shield sitting against the wall. With a look at my wives, who were similarly dressed in their elfin armour, I grabbed my shield and headed outside. I just hoped this wasn’t the expected battle. Sessa’s armour wasn’t quite ready yet and we hadn’t picked it up. With my wives at my side, I headed for the nearest wall.

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