Voidhawk - Redemption by Jason Halstead

Author:Jason Halstead [Halstead, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, Epic, Fiction
ISBN: 9781466200302
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-06-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Rosh and Volera sat around a campfire that same night, a creature the size of a dog roasting on a spit. Rosh had spotted it in a tree and had spooked it with his thrown axe. It scampered higher into the tree to escape. Volera had disappeared in a puff of smoke, surprising the warrior almost as much as the sound of crashing above him and then the body of the sloth-like animal fell at his feet. Volera reappeared a moment later.

Rosh spun the skinned creature on the pole, then reached in with a knife and stabbed into it. Clear juice dripped into the fire, sizzling and spitting as it hit. Rosh felt his own stomach rumble and had to swallow the saliva that threatened to run down his chin. He cut a chunk of flesh free and sampled it, judging it close enough to being done. He tore a greater chunk free, ignoring the heat in his hand, and turned to Volera.

“You hungry?”

“Always, Master, but food such as this does little to sate me.”

“Suit yourself.” Rosh tore at the meat with his teeth, eating ravenously. He finished his portion and cut again at the roasting beast, not stopping until Volera stood beside him and distracted him. “What?” He asked her, juice dripping from his chin.

“May I try some, Master? I feel your pleasure, it’s a simple thing but powerful.”

Rosh grunted and gestured at it. She reached in, ignoring the heat, and pulled free a long fiber of flesh from a rib. She sampled it, nibbling so delicately Rosh was nearly forced to laugh at how unlikely it seemed. It fit her beauty and bearing, but it was not the behavior of someone such as she.

She looked at him, juice from the meat gathered on her own chin. Her eyes were wide, looking amazed at what she was doing.

“Simple things is the best some times. Nothing to get upset about. No worries. No confusion. Just simple and easy to enjoy,” he said.

She nodded and ate more of it, not stopping until she had finished the piece. “Master, it does little for me, yet it warms my belly and tastes divine.”

Rosh barked out a laugh. “Pretty bland, you should have tasted some of Jodyne’s stew. That woman could make wood chips and water taste good.”

“Was she your lover?”

Rosh jerked as he had started to twist away from her. He glared back, surprised. She had never inquired about him before, or at least about his past before her. “Jodyne was a dwarf. Cook on a ship I served on.”

“So? Most of you mortals worry so much about foolish things. Race, gender, nonsense. Your lives are done in a blink of an eye, it is foolish to deny yourselves.”

“The wisdom of a demon-bitch,” Rosh mused aloud. Volera dropped her gaze immediately, sending a twist through his stomach of remorse at his harshness. Confused and irritated, Rosh brushed it aside and added, “Jodyne was Kragor’s wife. He was the first mate.” He left unsaid Kragor’s fate and Jodyne’s long time spent alone.

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