Warrior by Terry Brooks

Author:Terry Brooks [Brooks, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9781944145286
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Goodreads: 40961022
Publisher: Grim Oak Press
Published: 2018-09-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The demon had known right away what Jack McCall would do, able to read his thinking as easily as if it were its own. McCall would attempt to spirit his family to safety – to put them beyond reach – while he fulfilled his obligations as a Knight of the Word. He had sworn an oath, and he was the sort of man who felt that such oaths should be kept. With his family out of the way and presumably hidden from his adversary, he would stand against the demon in battle.

A futile effort, of course. He would end up just as dead as the others. He would end his life begging for mercy. But it was the gesture that counted to such men as McCall. It was the carrying out of his duty – his adherence to the promise he had made, strengthened by the knowledge that he had acted with honor – that mattered above all else. With his family protected, he would not waver, though it cost him his life.

The logical course of action was to not give him the satisfaction of knowing his beloved family was safe, but to make sure they were not.

It was easy enough to take the steps necessary to make that happen. An intercept on his phones – cell and home – to monitor his calls. A late-night visit to the limousine service to arrange for a look at the assignments, followed by a further visit to the driver’s home to arrange for him to be replaced. Then nothing more to do but to wait for McCall to deliver his wife and children to the limo service where he would confidently place them in the hands of his enemy to be spirited away.

But even demons can misjudge.

Anne McCall was not some simpering, easily frightened victim who would fall apart at the first sign of trouble. Long before she had met Jack, she had been a strong, determined young woman who had excelled at all levels in both academics and sports.

In college, she had been attacked, beaten and violated, and had spent two years afterwards recovering from the trauma. Therapy and an intense determination to find a way back had allowed her to heal. Even the failure of the authorities to identify and catch the perpetrators had not stopped her. Even spending the entire first year of her recovery not speaking had not deterred her. She was unwilling to concede anything to her fear and loathing. She refused to allow one experience – no matter how traumatizing – to define the rest of her life.

She was young when she had attained her PhD in park management and forestry. She was on a fast track to a leadership position when Jack had met her, and afterwards when she had been offered the job in Seattle as an Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation for half the city.

She had overcome a series of difficulties with those who sought to stop her from reaching her goals, and a few that might have derailed her entirely had she allowed them to do so.

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