The Hunter's Gambit by Nicholas McIntire

Author:Nicholas McIntire [McIntire, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733849104
Publisher: Black Dove Press
Published: 2019-09-20T06:00:00+00:00

Marrik stared ahead at the oncoming tide of horn and bone. Between the five of them they kept the beasts back without losing too much ground. As he fought he wondered how the Magi were holding up. While he knew this was far more in the realm of their talents than fire, or even healing, he wasn’t sure if they were up to this level of intensity. But if those wards failed, things would become very dire indeed.

The tide of creatures suddenly slowed. They still came with the same unrelenting lurch, but there weren’t as many of them. Finally there were only a handful between the Knights.

“What happened?” Marrik shouted. “Where’d they go?”

He cut down the last one coming towards him and searched for Aleksei. What he saw made his heart stagger a beat.

Aleksei stood in the field beyond the Magi’s boundaries, holding a gory scythe. The field around the Knight was thick with the corpses of the creatures. Each had been sundered horribly, spilling gore and long-stilled blood across the field.

Aleksei advanced towards them, his bare torso covered in blood, one arm protectively covering his chest, the other holding the blood-soaked scythe. As he came closer, he discarded the scythe with disgust.

“Are you alright?” he asked.

Marrik winced at the exhaustion that weakened his voice. “Yes, yes we’re all fine.” He was still trying to overcome the image of Aleksei carrying that dripping scythe.

For just a moment, with those blazing markings across his arms and shoulders, he had looked like Volos Himself.

“What about the Magi?” Aleksei asked.

Marrik realized that he hadn’t seen them since the battle was joined. He turned and scanned the field. He moaned when he finally saw them, lying crumpled on the ground.

Vadim was already trying to bring Hade back around when Aleksei reached them.

“They’re exhausted.” Vadim said, though there was no trace of bitterness in his voice. “They used everything they had.”

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