The Five Trials by Mike Truk

The Five Trials by Mike Truk

Author:Mike Truk [Truk, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2018-06-30T22:00:00+00:00


Chapter 17

The prison was as dank and dark and awful as I recalled. I tried once to break free of my guards, but they only laughed, seemingly glad for the excuse to batter me down to the ground.

I’d always heard about how much it sucked to be hit in the kidneys. But when one of the guards slammed his boot into my lower back, I completely locked up. It felt like I was suddenly massively constipated, stunned, and wanting to cry but without being able to squeeze out a tear.

Suffice to say it took the fight out of me, and I worked on simply getting my breath back for the rest of the way to my cell.

The door was familiar. I looked up blearily and realized why. Neveah’s cell. Was she here? No. They threw open the door and tossed me inside. I hit the ground hard, rolled, tried to rise to my feet and sagged back down again.

“C’mon,” said one of the guards. “Who’s first?”

“What?” I managed to get to all fours. “Who…?”

A young man entered the cell. He was dressed in fine clothing, a sword at his hip, his hair done up in a crimson pompadour that I’d have ridiculed were it not for the sadistic smile on his face.

“Hello, savior,” he said, crouching before me. “Aw, you feeling a little roughed up? That’s too bad. Want me to call your mommy?”

As much as I hate to admit it, his words stung. Maybe I’d normally have been able to shrug them off, but I was scraping rock bottom here, and to have someone mock me so cruelly to my face? My eyes teared up with outrage and fury and I fought to rise to my feet.

“Here, let me help,” said pompadour, gripping my elbow and lifting me to my feet. “There. Better?”

Before I could even think of a response he punched me straight across the jaw. My head snapped back. I staggered, lost my balance, and crashed to the wet floor.

“Damnit!” I saw him shake out his hand and then shove it under his armpit. “That fucking hurt!”

“You hit him in the jaw?” This voice was a lazy drawl. “Idiot. Never hit bone on bone. You break a knuckle?”

The blow hadn’t been a bad one; I moved my jaw from side to side and rose unsteadily to my feet again.

“Maybe. Gah. What a waste. Fine. Your turn.”

A second stranger entered the cell. He was dressed in stately blues and grays, his face clean shaven, black hair slicked back so that it shone like the carapace of a beetle. “Hello, Noah. Not so high and mighty now, are you?”

“Who are you guys?” I asked, stepping away to gain some distance.

“Us? We’re nobodies. Just Aspirants who never had a chance because you only had eyes for the girls. Just a few assholes who’ve spent the past six months training as hard as we fucking can only to learn we’re not even making the cut.”

I laughed. “You wanted me to fuck you?”

The man’s face darkened.



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