A Fistful of Monsters (Dungeon Core Academy #5) by Alex Oakchest

Author:Alex Oakchest [Oakchest, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-25T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Gulliver had almost made his escape when a hand seized hold of him and gripped him firmly.

“Do you have to go?” she said.

He looked longingly at her, naked except for the bed covers but still a temptation all the same. Her hair was short, which he had always had a thing for, and as a former soldier and head of the town guards, she was easily capable of subduing him if she had to. Again, this was something Gulliver had always found attractive. He supposed he could find the source of this fascination in his memories if he cared to, but that would rob his pleasure of its mystique.

“I have to go I’m afraid, my beautiful and well-satisfied darling,” he said.

“But why?”

“Because, Kathryn, you have clearly forgotten that your husband is one of your town guards and his shift ends soon.”

“Easily solved. I’ll get the word out that we need him to cover a double shift. I am in charge of the whole guard force, you realize?”

“I’m tired, Kathryn. Bloody knackered, in fact. I have work to do, and I’m already working at 150% effort. That means I could dial my energy levels back a whole 50%, and I’d still be working as hard as can be! And people say soldiers have it tough. They’ve obviously never been a scribe.”

“I wouldn’t class your lie-strewn leaflets as a scribe’s’ work.”

“No? Almost every written word in existence is a lie in one way or another. Known facts are but the truth filtered through someone’s mind.”

“And what about science?”

“Science doesn’t mean much in my world, my sweet. My job is to spread whatever Beno…whatever truths Dullbright wants me to. I could stop to question their accuracy, but what would be the point?”

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