Monster's Mercy 3 by William D Arand

Author:William D Arand [Arand, William D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Monster&apos, s Mercy 3
ISBN: 9798558225143
Google: rlQJzgEACAAJ
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2020-11-03T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Rene spent far longer with Beryl than he’d originally anticipated. Telling her everything that she needed to know. Olivia, Alana, and Irini had ended up rejoining them as well. Adding to the telling of the story as it unwound itself.

The time spent was so long, in fact, that several servants came to notify her that she had other appointments. All of which she canceled before dismissing the servants so Rene could continue.

Until they ended up having lunch together.

“—brings me to here and now,” said Rene and then casually took a sip of what felt like a very weak wine to him. He wasn’t accustomed to drinking wine at lunch but he knew that was quite common in certain parts of the world.

“Yes, well, I can certainly see how you would want to… eliminate the problem,” Beryl remarked in a dry tone. “I suppose the trouble is, how do you know which part of the royal family did it? Who exactly?”

“Indeed. And if I did eliminate them, would it even take care of the problem?” asked Rene almost to himself. With a shake of his head, he sighed and looked back at Beryl. “It’s why I’m wondering if the answer isn’t just to take care of most of the royal family. Or at least, up to the point that whoever took over would understand the situation once I appeared.

“I mean, lining up all the heads of the royalty like so many coconuts would do it. A nice little pyramid perhaps. Maybe pull their ears off and make a little path up to the heads with them? That’d send quite the message. Wouldn’t it?

“Or I suppose I could use the heads and ears to make an image of the Mask. Maybe in the entryway to the palace. That’d leave no questions at all.”

Normally, Rene wouldn’t feel any guilt about talking in such a way. Planning the deaths of so many people who could very likely be innocent. As though they were all merely stones to be stepped upon in his journey.

At this moment though, his words left a bitter taste in his mouth. A feeling that not only was this wrong, but it was unfair.

Sighing, Rene looked up to the ceiling above.

“I can’t do that, though. That’d cause far more harm than the good it’d bring. Not to mention, there’s no actual guarantee it’d solve the problem long term,” Rene countered to his previous statement. “I’d be trading one set of problems for another. No… I need to find out who did it and end them. Then I need to figure out who I can go to so that it doesn’t happen again.”

“That’d be the course of action Odelia would recommend,” murmured Olivia from beside him. “If she were here, she’d want to go for whatever would give the family longevity and strength.”

“I like the other one,” Irini said as she and Alana went through a mock sword battle at little more than a sixth of their normal speed. They were using their sheathed weapons to go through the motions.

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