Casca 8: Soldier of Fortune by Sadler Barry

Author:Sadler, Barry [Sadler, Barry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Fifteen miles to the rear of Casey and his men, Lon and his troops made their way up the mountain on which they had spent the previous night. He was cursing his bad fortune. The rain had wiped out what little trail there was, and not even his Meo trackers were able to find it. Besides that, he'd spent an absolutely miserable night. The colonel often moaned privately about his frailties and delicate senses. In reality, he was as fragile as a water buffalo and possessed about the same soft and delicate sensibilities of one that was in heat. But he still moaned and swore at his men, driving them through the brush and searching for any signs that the invaders might have passed this way.

This was, after all, the general direction in which they'd been heading, and with any luck at all their trail would be picked up by his men again. He refused to let this one and only chance to get out of the jungle and obtain a nice desk job slip through his hands. He would keep these ignorant peasants searching this jungle until their babies were old enough to join them if necessary. He would find the enemy invaders, no matter how long it took.

The Kamserai troops, under Casey's orders, spent the rest of the day scouring the surrounding hills for signs of the Chinese family. It was late now, and Casey had received no word of their presence. If they were out there, they were damned sure laying low. He thought the situation over. Once he'd looked at it from their point of view, it was simple. The only way they were going to expose themselves was after being assured that they would not be harmed. How to accomplish that?

He reasoned that the only way they could let the family know they were in the area was to let their own position be known openly. That would also throw them open to any hostile elements in the area, but as it now stood, there didn't seem to be any choice in the matter.

Calling his men in from the perimeter, Casey walked the short distance to a cliff overlooking the valley and the lake. He stood there looking over the scene below him. Dusk was beginning to throw shadows across the sides of the valley as a cool breeze rustled the leaves and brush.. The seemingly peaceful jungle was ripe, green, and lush, serene as the forests north of Rome. Yet he knew it was deadly, alive and teeming with thousands of animals and insects. Birds were beginning to fly in to nest for the evening. There was the equivalent of a swift change beginning to take place. One set of hunters, those who worked by day, were now coming in, while the second and generally more dangerous shift were just beginning to stretch themselves, to scratch and yawn. Soon they would go to drink at the clear waters of the lake and then fade softly into the dark wall of the jungle to hunt from their favorite places of concealment.

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