Redemption by Tora Moon

Author:Tora Moon [Moon, Tora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lunar Alchemy Publishing Company
Published: 2017-11-08T23:00:00+00:00

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The next few days were busy for Histrun as he brought order and justice back to Dehanlair Keep. His busy schedule kept him from thinking about his loss and succumbing to the grief that threatened to overwhelm him. The nights were the worst, when he faced an empty bed. He raided Mendehan’s supply of whiskey, drinking himself into a stupor every night so he could get to sleep.

The Dehanlair fighters insisted on going back to work, even though they were weak and underfed from their time locked away. The first day after the disastrous monster battle, Lorstriel, Kehali, and Norvela taught them the Zehis fighting method. The next day, the fighting-packs left the keep for the first time in lunadars. In a testament to their determination to overcome Mendehan’s laxness, they cleaned out two nests in the area without any deaths. By the third day, the herders and farmers could return to the fields without fear of being attacked by marauding monsters.

Histrun refused to lead any monster battles, claiming he had too much work to do inside the keep. In the moments he was truthful with himself, he acknowledged he was reluctant to jeopardize anyone else’s life from his inability to move fast enough.

The morning of the fourth day after losing Zehala, Histrun sat in his borrowed office, dealing with a fight between Argodehan, a former Black Guard member, and Salordehan for the second time. A breathless messenger burst into the room.

“Sir!” the messenger said, saluting, then leaning over to catch his breath. “A platoon of fighters is racing across the territory. They are led by Keep Alpha Rodehan. They should arrive at the Clan Keep by early afternoon.”

Histrun let out a whoop of relief. “Blessed Warrior, thank you!” He could finally hand off this mess to someone else and take his beloved’s ashes home.

When the messenger left, the two men in trouble tried to sidle out with him. “Where do you think you’re going?” Histrun growled, stopping them in their tracks. He glared at the two men. “I’m not finished with you yet. Since you two can’t seem to let go of past misdeeds, perhaps if you work together to rebuild this keep, you’ll learn to like each other again. The fence in the south multa pasture needs to be mended. I’m assigning you to fix it. Just the two of you—no one else.”

The men groaned and glared at each other.

“That’s not fair!” Salordehan howled, pointing at the former Black Guard. “He’s the one who followed Mendehan and made us slaves.”

“I only did what I had to do to survive!” Argodehan sputtered. “Mendehan told me if I didn’t become a guard, he’d rape every woman in my pack. What else was I supposed to do? I couldn’t allow that to happen.”

“Enough!” Histrun roared. “I don’t care. You two have been at each other’s throats, disturbing the peace we’re trying to reestablish. You’re both in the wrong. Go fix the fence. And while you’re at it, fix whatever is going on between you two.

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