Stories tagged “mercenary”
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Arid Hills
The sun beat down on my back and neck as I walked up and down the Arid Hills. I was dehydrated and hadn’t eaten or drank since midday yesterday. I walked for another mile or so, focusing only on the shifting sound of my boots on the dry, cracked ...
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The Sword
“We have need of your sword.” “It’s not for hire to the likes of you,” I said, my gravelly voice even lower than usual; a rattlesnake’s warning of its displeasure. I couldn’t imagine being stuck around the stin...