Three Wise Cats by Harold Konstantelos

Author:Harold Konstantelos
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

LESS THAN A week later, Alexos’s ship had been emptied of its golden grain and the promised bonus paid. He was pleased with life in general and joked with Gracus as the centurion walked restlessly about the deck.

“You must get a legion of your own soon, my friend, else you will surely wear my ship’s boards thin with your pacing.”

Gracus snorted. “No legion command for me at any near time, Alexos. But I would hear the order for me to report for duty. Inaction tires me more than battle.”

The two men turned at sudden noises from the dockside crowd and saw Kaspar and four servants coming toward the ship. When he waved, the three cats leaped from where they had been lounging in the shadows and ran down the ship’s plank. No one saw Asmodeus silently slip down a mooring rope and scurry into a heavy bundle one of Kaspar’s servants had set down for a moment.

Gracus watched them as they hurried to meet Kaspar.

“I swear to you, Alexos, they heard and comprehended our entire conversation of a few nights ago.” Then a lump rose in Gracus’s throat, for, contrary to his dream, Ira looked back at the centurion. The black cat held the man’s gaze for a long minute, then raised his crooked left leg and tilted his paw. The Roman returned the salute, and Ira turned and trotted after Kaspar, the servants, and the other two cats.

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