Brothers Haymaker (Haymaker Adventures Book 2) by Ferguson Sam

Author:Ferguson, Sam [Ferguson, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Dragon Scale Publishing
Published: 2016-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Captain Ziegler steered his vessel toward the trolls. There were six of them upon the other boat, but only one that he was focusing on. His eyes could not take themselves from the tattoo on the troll’s left shoulder, the black eyes set wide alongside the narrow, hooked nose, and that foul red hair pulled into a braid. It was the same as he remembered. The troll looked as though he hadn’t aged a day since that horrible massacre those thirty years ago. Ziegler, on the other hand, was obviously older, with gray in his hair and wrinkles creasing around the corners of his eyes. However, he also had much more experience. He was no longer the young man he once was. He was the commander of the Ghosts of the Quags.

Oh, how he had longed to find this particular beast in the Warrens, but that day had never come. Ziegler had assumed the creature dead, until today. A fire rose inside the man and his heart slammed inside his chest, demanding retribution for the lives the troll had stolen from him.

In his mind’s eye he saw his children and wife once more. They were playing, swinging each other around in a field of daisies. They stopped and turned, laughing as they looked to him. Ziegler smiled back, and then he pushed the image away. He reached around his back and pulled a dagger from a sheath hidden under his waistband. His boat jumped and bounced over the small waves in the lake as he sped toward the trolls.

The hulking leader turned and smiled at Ziegler once more. He pointed to the man and drew a yellow nail across the green skin of his neck. The troll then turned and shouted orders to two of the others. The trolls drew their swords and dove into the water, directly in Ziegler’s path. The human captain held his course, hoping the boat would smash the would-be assailants. Unfortunately, they used hooked knives to pierce the hull on the sides and climb into the vessel with him. So fast were they that Ziegler wasn’t aware what they were doing until they had clambered onto the deck with him.

Ziegler let out a feral yell and rushed forward. The first troll raised his sword, but Ziegler’s rage amplified the man’s strength. He lashed out with his left hand and punched the troll before it could swing the weapon. The troll’s jaw broke and two teeth exploded out to the side, along with a bit of dark blood. Ziegler then came in with his dagger and put two thrusts into the troll’s heart before launching a savage front kick that forced the troll overboard.

Ziegler then turned to the second troll. The troll came in fast with the sword, but Ziegler lifted a nearby barrel and let the hollow container take the brunt of the attack. He then leaned into the barrel and pushed the troll backward. His right arm hooked around the barrel and he drove the blade of the dagger through the troll’s left temple.

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