Thrown Away- The Complete series Box Set by Glynn James

Author:Glynn James [James, Glynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Element 12 Ltd
Published: 2019-03-13T22:00:00+00:00

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The Watcher heard the banging and woke. Other noises should have alerted him much sooner, but hadn’t, and he cursed himself for being slow.

You’re getting old, he thought. You don’t hear or see things the way you once did.

And someone was rattling at the front door.

He stirred, sat up from his bed, and stretched. In the other room he could the heavy breathing of the stranger, the digging man, and nodded.

Still here, then. Sensible.

The Watcher trundled across the wooden floor towards the front door, frowning at the noise being made, interrupting his sleep.

“Come on, RootMan,” called a voice. One he recognised, wasn’t it? Yes. FirstMan’s second in command. Right-Hand, Tight-Man, or something like that. Trouble, was what he was. “We know you’re in there.”

Do you tell the stranger to hide? He is surely what they are here for. No. You’re too late. You’re at the door and they’ll kick it down if you keep them waiting for too long. Ah well, at least you gave the digging man a day of rest. And his knee would fix soon anyway, if they don’t beat him too badly.

The banging continued.

“Alright!” called The Watcher. “I’m coming. Don’t break my door!”

“Get this door open, you old fool,” came the reply. “I don’t have all night.”

You don’t? Don’t have all the time in the universe for your foolishness? You could stay out there for an hour or two and nothing much would change. Always in such a hurry to go nowhere in particular and then disappointed when you get there.

The door creaked loudly as the Watcher pulled it open. He blinked at the darkness outside, but then smiled as his eyes adjusted to the dark and he saw the face of RightHand stared back at him from the gloom.

“Well if I never,” said the Watcher. “A visitor.” But then he saw other shapes moving in the darkness. “Many visitors.”

Of course, he’d sensed they were there before he saw them, but he didn’t want them to know that.

If they think you’re old and stupid, they’ll leave you alone. They won’t be bothered with you. It always seemed to work. Except when that other man was involved.

Then FirstMan stepped out of the darkness and into the dim light that seeped out of the cracks in the building, cast only by the low lamp that burned inside the entrance. The Watcher liked dark places to hunt and search, but he also liked to keep his home lit.

Yes, that man. More trouble than most trouble.

“Hello, Haggerty,” said FirstMan, also smiling. “I’m sorry to bother you in the middle of the night, but it would appear that news has reached me to suggest that you may have a visitor staying with you that is of great interest to me.”

The Watcher, Haggerty, frowned. “Well, now,” he said, his bright, toothy grin spreading wider. “Who could have told you that then?” And he thought back over the time since he brought the digging man to the shack, but couldn’t recall seeing anyone other than the search party that he had avoided out in the trash lands.

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