A Warrior's Burden: Book One of Saga of the Known Lands by Jacob Peppers

Author:Jacob Peppers [Peppers, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jacob Peppers
Published: 2021-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

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Matt woke with a gasp, sitting up in his bedroll and throwing it aside. He spun, looking around, but at first saw nothing, heard nothing to account for his sudden wakefulness. But that did not make him feel any better. He did not feel relief, not at all. Instead, he felt alone. A great, terrible loneliness. He looked over to where Cutter had laid his own bedroll, desperate for some sort of companionship in the darkness, even if it was from the man whom he thought he was growing to hate. But the big man’s bedroll was empty.

The sound of something rustling behind him made him jump, and he spun to see some monstrous beast appearing out of the woods. Only after a moment, the figure stepped out of the shadows and was not a monster or some strange, alien Fey creature after all. It was Cutter.

The man had a grim expression on his face which was not particularly surprising as it was pretty much the only expression he ever seemed to have. “Cutter,” Matt said, still out of breath. “I-is everything okay? I thought I heard something. A scream, maybe.”

“Everything’s fine, lad,” the big man said.

Matt frowned. “Then why do you have your axe?”

Cutter grunted. “Just patrolling, that’s all, make sure nothin’s creepin’ up on us in the dark. The Fey, as I think you’ve seen, do love their tricks. Anyway, if you’re awake, we might as well get movin’.”

Matt blinked. “But we only just stopped…didn’t we?”

“A few hours gone now,” Cutter said. “But we need to make it out of these woods soon. The Fey might have patience—though it’s likely even that is stretched thin, just now—but the men chasing us do not. We have squandered too much time already, and if we waste more, they will find us.”

“But why are they chasing us?” Matt said. “I don’t understand it, any of it. What did we ever do to them?”

“Later,” Cutter said. “For now, pack your things. We’re moving.”

“More secrets,” Matt hissed angrily.

“Yes,” Cutter said. “More secrets. Now, come on.”

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