Knight Commander by Eric T. Knight
Author:Eric T. Knight [Knight, Eric T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-06T22:00:00+00:00
Chapter 23
Jarryd was in the room Fang had showed him to, pulling off his boots, thinking how nice it would be to lie down on a real bed, when the door suddenly swung open and Hamisi barged in. She was red-faced and swearing loudly. She threw herself down in the roomâs only chair.
âHe still wonât change his mind.â
âYouâre talking about Kathor, I guess.â
âThe big oaf. Heâs going to throw his life away for no reason. Why wonât he listen?â
âI was really hoping his mother could get through to him.â
âI talked to her before I went to try and talk to Kathor again. She says he refuses to even talk about it.â
âDid you see the look on his face when Hitch teased him about not being here?â
âThat didnât help,â Hamisi said. âHe already feels guilty enough. Itâs so stupid. He couldnât have changed anything even if he had been here. And itâs not like he was taking a holiday at the lake. He was locked up in the gladiator pits.â
âThatâs not the way he sees it.â
Hamisi looked at Jarryd. âYou have to do something.â
âWhat?â
âI donât know. But youâre the leader. You need to come up with something.â She jabbed a finger at him. âYou want to save the world? You need to start right here. We need that big idiot. You canât let him get away.â
Jarryd sighed and started pulling his boots back on. âIâll go talk to him.â
âDo that.â She stood up. âIâll go talk to Fang about getting us a wagon.â
âWhatâs the wagon for?â
âItâs our fall back plan. If you canât get through to him, Iâm going to knock him out, chain him up, and haul his butt away.â
âYou remember that he can break chains, donât you?â
Her jaw tightened. âNot if I use enough of them.â
âThereâs about a hundred other reasons that wonât work. You know that, right?â
âI donât know any such thing. You couldnât rescue me from execution. I couldnât rescue you from the Exalted One. Did we let that stop us?â
âIâll see what I can do.â
Jarryd headed down the hall to Kathorâs room. He was exhausted and the liquor wasnât sitting well in his gut. He didnât have any idea what he was going to say to Kathor. It all seemed hopeless anyway. But Hamisi was right. He had to try. He had to try everything he could think of, and then try some more.
He stood outside Kathorâs room, trying to figure out what he would say to the man. But nothing came to him and finally he turned away and walked to the end of the hall, where he climbed the ladder up onto the roof. Scratches was up there, standing by the parapet.
âSorry,â Jarryd said. âI didnât know anyone was up here.â
âItâs all right. Youâre not hurting anything, and I sure donât mind the company.â
Jarryd joined her. For a time, he simply stood there, looking out over the city. The darkness covered the destruction, shadows filling in the gaps torn by the war.
âItâs peaceful up here,â he said at last.
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