Powder And Shot by Dragon Cobolt

Author:Dragon Cobolt [Cobolt, Dragon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Uruk Press
Published: 2018-08-31T18:30:00+00:00

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Meg knew something was horribly wrong when she came to Fizit’s office and found the lizardwoman’s arms clutched over her head, her face mashed against her desk. She wasn’t crying – at least, Meg didn’t hear any tears. But she didn’t respond to her as she walked inside. Instead, all Fizit did was reach out with a single arm, holding up a small parchment. Meg took it and read it – having to puzzle out the cipher.

Constitution engaged pirate ship. Constitution destroyed. Further information pending.

Meg gaped.

She felt as if her knees, her stomach, her whole body had turned to ice water. She staggered and grabbed for a chair behind her. She groped around and crashed to the floor, unable to find a seat. The words swam before her. She forced her tears back, shuddering as she whispered.

“How?”

Fizit lifted her head. Her eyes were flat and hard.

“Because I’m a fuckup,” she hissed, her words harsh.

“But-” Meg started.

“The pirate ship didn’t destroy the Constitution!” Fizit shouted, springing to her feet, her tail lashing hard enough to smash her stool against the wall. The wood splintered with a crunch. “Somehow, one of those conspirators had a detonator. We thought the bomb was hidden elsewhere, but they got it on the ship. They confessed! If I had tortured the fuckers, we might have learned this days ago, not-”

Meg stood. She turned and walked from the room. Fizit followed her.

“What are you doing?” Fizit asked.

Meg didn’t respond. But she did stop a guard and yank a sword from his belt. The guard gaped in shock, stammering. “L-Lady?”

But Meg was already heading for the stairs.

The two women walked out of the palace and started for the dungeons. As they walked, Fizit stopped asking Meg where she was going – it was becoming increasingly obvious what their destination was. Fizit, though, was trying to think of how to explain this to the kids. Marion, it’d be easy. She was half-lizardfolk, half-elf. She wouldn’t be mature enough to understand words for years. Maybe longer, considering the slow childhood of the elves. But her little Brax, he was already learning basic math. But he had only known his father for... for…

Fizit closed her eyes.

Meg, meanwhile, was focused entirely on the sword in her hand.

“Meg! Fizit!”

The two of them stopped, turning to face Tethis. She was jogging towards them, her short legs making it harder than it should have been to navigate the dusty streets of Babylon. Even at night, there was quite a bit of foot traffic, and Tethis had to swing several wide curves to reach them. Gasping heavily, she put her hands on her knees.

“What?” Meg snarled.

Tethis looked shocked. “I think I know how to begin work on curing Liv, I just need to check some books and... why do you have a sword?”

Meg closed her eyes. “Because some motherfuckers just blew Liam up. With a bomb. Like cowardly-” She clenched her jaw. “So I am going to hack them apart until every last one of them is a bunch of bloody chunks.

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