The Manticore Ascension: A Short Story in the Arena Mode Universe by Blake Northcott

Author:Blake Northcott [Northcott, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Noösphere Publishing
Published: 2014-11-04T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

After trekking through the castle’s persistently dank underbelly, Dawson and I arrived at an imposing steel door. It was a round, dense monstrosity as thick as it was high. Someone had left it slightly ajar, allowing a sliver of white light to seep into the torch–lit hallway.

Dawson reached out and grasped the edge of the door with both hands. He pulled it open to reveal a short, narrow man with a neatly trimmed mustache and a slick of dark hair.

“Ah, Master Dawson,” the man chimed in a posh British accent. He was in the process of tying on an apron, covering the front of his pastel blue dress shirt and white linen pants. “Always a pleasure to have you down in these parts. Don’t get many visitors in this wing, now do I?” He glanced at me and winked as if I should have known what he was talking about.

“This is Tyler Grant,” Dawson said. “Although some people call him ‘The Tyrant’.”

“I have no idea what could have earned me that dreadful nick name,” Tyler replied innocently, but with a glint of mischief dancing in his eyes. “And who is this lovely young lady?” He flashed a set of pearly teeth and stepped out into the hall, taking me by the hand. Referencing me as ‘young’ came off as a little odd since he looked to be in his mid–twenties, no older than I was. “Let’s have a look at you, then.” He spun me in a pirouette as if we were dancing. “This is quite the fine specimen, Dawson: high cheekbones, symmetrical features...I’m thinking her lineage is relatively local. Finland? Sweden, perhaps?”

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