Cryers
“He turned back towards the town of Rudd and listened some more.
He was standing at the narrow opening between boulders that led into the pit.
His hands were tied behind his back and Lode’s monster hand had a firm grip around his bicep.
“You hear that? Sounded like a woman screaming.”
Lode pulled at him. “There’s lots of screams coming from the pit—fighters, men and women up in the rocks.” As if on cue another chorus of shouts and cheering sounded from the other side of the rocks. “You’ve compet...ed here before. Has your old mind become too feeble to remember what it was like?”
“No, it’s not that.” Lawson stood his ground and waited for the spectator howls to die down.
His steely grey eyes focused in on the line of dark buildings a mile away. The heat of the day made them shimmer—the black strip of moat encircling the town rippled like a writhing snake. “I heard something back that way…a woman screaming.”
“Maybe you did, so what? Not all of Rudd’s residents came to the Rites.MoreLess
He was standing at the narrow opening between boulders that led into the pit.
His hands were tied behind his back and Lode’s monster hand had a firm grip around his bicep.
“You hear that? Sounded like a woman screaming.”
Lode pulled at him. “There’s lots of screams coming from the pit—fighters, men and women up in the rocks.” As if on cue another chorus of shouts and cheering sounded from the other side of the rocks. “You’ve compet...ed here before. Has your old mind become too feeble to remember what it was like?”
“No, it’s not that.” Lawson stood his ground and waited for the spectator howls to die down.
His steely grey eyes focused in on the line of dark buildings a mile away. The heat of the day made them shimmer—the black strip of moat encircling the town rippled like a writhing snake. “I heard something back that way…a woman screaming.”
“Maybe you did, so what? Not all of Rudd’s residents came to the Rites.MoreLess
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