Thief's Fall by C. Greenwood

Author:C. Greenwood [Greenwood, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

I fully expected to be pushed to my knees and forced to stretch my neck across the block. Images flashed through my mind of another place and another block, of a sharp blade poised above the neck of my father. Even in this terrifying moment, a cool detached part of me thought it fitting that I should suffer such a similar fate to his.

But at the last moment, I discovered it wasn’t the block the thieves were shoving me toward. It was the brazier. What new horror was in store for me now?

As I was made to stand still, a red-hot iron was drawn from the coals where it had been heating. My arm was gripped, and my sleeve ripped open, exposing the pale skin of my inner arm. I realized what was happening and had only an instant to brace myself before hot iron met flesh. Pain seared through me. The sickening smell of burning skin rose to my nostrils.

It only lasted a moment, and then the iron was pulled away. A cheer went up from the onlookers, as if this were a great event.

Careful to hide my dismay, I examined the stinging red X that stood out angrily on my arm. Like it or not, I was a branded member of the thieves’ guild now.

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