Twisted Fate (Orc Destiny I) by Jeremy Laszlo

Author:Jeremy Laszlo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, magic, best seller, young adult, dragons, fantasy series, series, martin, new release, terry brooks, goodkind, george r r martin

CHAPTER SEVEN

Gnak awoke near midday, with the sun high in the sky. Fearing to stand up, he listened for many minutes, watching the still sleeping form of Jen across the tiny clearing from him. It was not long, perhaps an hour, when she stretched before rolling to look at him. She grinned a crooked grin and pushed herself up to a seated position.

“Good morning, sunshine,” she said, her grin growing wider still.

Gnak simply grunted, unsure what a proper reply would be. What he did know was that he owed his life to the small human. When you owed something, you repaid it. You paid things with currency. Gnak’s life had been changed by the small girl, and so too would he change her life. It was obvious her clan had little wealth among the humans. But he knew how to change that.

It would take them two more days to reach the pass, then four to return her back to her clan. Without her to slow him, it would only take three days to reach the pass through the mountains once more, and he would still have plenty of time to collect a goblin captain before returning home. Debt owed. Debt paid. Sacrifice owed. Sacrifice paid. Problem gone.

Handing Jen the bag of supplies, she grabbed them and instantly Gnak was ashamed. Still her little hands remained bound together, even after saving his life. Reaching across the distance, he untied her small wrists and watched her rub them a moment to restore her circulation. Then with a quick prayer to her god, she seemed to glow for only a moment and even the redness around her wrists vanished without a trace. The child was impressive.

“I no kill you.”

“That’s good, Gnak, I was hoping that I might head back home today.”

“No. You no go home. No yet.”

“Aww, Gnak, are you going to miss me?”

“Miss? I have give you. Change life. I owe this.”

“You really shouldn’t have,” Jen grinned. “What is it?”

“I have debt you. I pay debt.”

“And then I go home?”

“With I pay debt, yes. I take you home.”

It was a simple conversation but conveyed a lot. They had managed trust, where the only certainty for either of them was death. Gnak could not help but think again and again about the words she had spoken to him as he lay dying. They had opened him to a world different than his own. He could help his people become something more, something better than they already were. He could teach them, like she had taught him. Every life was precious.

But still he had questions. So they ate a meal together and, deciding it was safe, Jen stood up and scouted the surrounding hills to see if anything sought them out. When she gave him the all clear Gnak rose, and shouldering their supplies they walked side by side through the tall grass, watching its golden stalks bend and sway in the breeze.

It was some time before Gnak worked up the desire to ask

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