Blood & Bone: A Shadow Council Archives Novella by Roddey S.H

Author:Roddey, S.H. [Roddey, S.H.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Falstaff Books
Published: 2018-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Punching humans in the face helped calm the beast raging inside me. I replaced their faces with Luke’s face in my imagination, which made me hit harder and faster, dropping opponent after opponent to the hard, wooden floor in a matter of seconds each. I could have killed them all; I was so far gone into the fury-laced madness. When the men in black dragged me from the cage, telling me no one else would stand against me in such a black mood, I was handed a sack of coin and sent back out into the night.

The cool air on my overheated skin felt good. It helped to calm me, to adjust my thinking back to that of a more civilized being. I walked the streets until the sun rose, mulling over the events of the last weeks and desperately grasping for that missing thought, that single piece of information I’d not been able to uncover.

By the time I returned to the building, my room was empty.

Luke, however, left a gift for me before his departure. A box sat at the foot of my bed, the lid ill-fitting atop it. I lifted lid to find a series of items inside.

The gun I acquired from the dead American, which I’d left lying on the windowsill, weighed heavily in my right hand. It was bulky and unwieldy. It felt dangerous. But Luke also left ammunition for it—heavy, metal balls; wadding; and a horn of gunpowder. There were instructions beneath the horn, penned in his impeccable hand.

Adam—

When you open the chamber, load it in this order: powder, ball, wadding, then cap. Load all six cylinders in the same manner. Aim well and shoot to kill. And stay away from the fighting houses. Those will get even you killed.

— L.

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