The streak of crimson bounded back to Geoffrey, and the young man stared at Hector in disbelief. “Why?! You should be mine, now!”
‘Fool,’ said Garovel. ‘You can’t have him. He already belongs to me.’
Geoffrey lashed out with a red whip.
Hector and Garovel split out of the way. Geoffrey tore after the reaper. Garovel slipped through a wall, and when Geoffrey turned, that metal helm was right in his face. Hector launched him the full length of the corridor to leave an impressive crack in the far wall. He could already see Geoffrey getting up as Garovel’s skull poked out of the wall.
‘Hector,’ said the reaper. ‘This is a losing battle.’
‘What do you mean? I’m doing fine, aren’t I?’
‘For the moment. But we aren’t prepared for this fight. There’s no time to explain. You need to remember what we came here for.’
Hector’s expression soured. ‘The children...’
‘Colt will probably be needing your help about now.’
He saw Geoffrey charging him.
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The conversation ended abruptly when a pounding thud shook the room. The three men all eyed each other a moment.
“What the fuck was that?” said Swank.
Rofal picked up the phone on his desk.
Colt’s gaze hardened. “Who are you calling?”
Rofal looked at him but did not respond. “Report,” he said into the receiver. A brief interval passed as he listened. “I see.”
Colt shifted in his seat. He did not like the look on the other man’s face.
Rofal hung up and started dialing again.
He could wait no longer. Colt bolted up and ripped the phone from Rofal’s grasp.
A dark serial novel. Set in a modern fantasy world called Eleg. Mature language. Updates every night at midnight PST by ~400 words.
Hi found my way here from LoN -> epiguide -> here i am^^
ReplyDeleteI like the story and until Geoffrey was introduced i wasn t sure if it was actually as dark as the disclaimer warned but i guess its getting there.
I am pretty sure i ll be checking in again
Also you asked for this:
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If you decide later that don’t like the arrangement,
that you? maybe
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is that don’t die,
that they?
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Fours hours, we’ve been here.
Four?
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The men at the front all stared at him as he past,
as he went past?
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He found and alley and put the bags down to search them
found an
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But stay out of a trouble,
i don t think the a is needed
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Looking to avenger your partner, are you?”
is avenger a verb?
Wow, thank you for all the typo catches. Bit embarrassing, but I'm immensely grateful. And I'm glad to have your interest.
Deletei really Love this story <3
ReplyDeleteyou deserve a beer:D
(hey I would really appreciate it if you would post an art of what Hector (masked and unmasked) and Garovel :3)
Thanks. Glad to have you. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd that'd be awesome, but I don't feel I could do them justice. I don't fancy myself very good at drawing.
Shit. Things just went from bad to worse
ReplyDeleteIn my head Garovel looks a little like Death from the Discword series
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