Blood of the Redd Guard - Part Two by Dan Decker

Author:Dan Decker [Decker, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xander Revolutions LC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

It was a couple of hours after the incident at the archives before Helam was able to return home. It had taken that long to arrange for the dead, both the Kopal bodies and Gregary. Helam had also made a visit to Gregary’s wife and informed her of the news. The sound of her sobbing still echoed in his ears. The tears had been punctuated by questions of why.

Because I made a deal with my wife, Helam thought, I should have eradicated the Kopal years ago.

Helam hadn’t recognized either of the dead Kopal and had asked the men with him if they could identify the bodies. None of them had spoken up, but he wasn’t convinced that they were all being truthful. There were Kopal hidden in his ranks. He knew of some, but it was those he didn't know about that kept him up at night.

There was an investigator from the city that he’d bring in to handle the case. If either of the dead Kopal were connected to any of his men, the investigator would discover the deception so that Helam could remove the corruption when the time was right.

He’d also sent soldiers scouring the roofs looking for the assassin, but so far, the search had come up empty. He sighed at the doorstep of his home.

Going through his own front door might reveal more answers than his men could find on the roofs. He wasn’t surprised to see that Hanri had left several guards to keep an eye on things even though Elaire was no longer in the house. In his haste to leave earlier, Helam hadn’t thought about the potential danger to Molach. The Kopal weren’t known for their loyalty to a single individual and their members swallowed sycanon root rather than be taken captive.

Now that he’d had a chance to cool down, he realized that his actions had been rash and left his son in danger.

It has become clear that the woman I love no longer exists—something I should have come to terms with long ago—I was a fool to put our--

No. He corrected himself. There is no longer a we or an us or an our. His wife had put an end to any reconciliation of their relationship when she’d recruited their son to join the Kopal.

I was a fool and put my son in danger.

While it was too late for his wife, it wasn’t too late for Molach. Whatever had been done could be undone. He’d turn his son on the Kopal and bring them down.

He hesitated when he got to the door of the guest bedroom. He had to be practical. A brief conversation wasn’t going to be enough to convince Molach. It might be months before Molach could be brought around. What if his son was so far entrenched into the Kopal that he wouldn’t want to give it up?

Helam would deal with that when he came to it.

Things had been different with Elaire. It had been beneficial for her to be married to a General for as long as their agreement had held.

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