Recent content by Marro Thackett

Marro’s eyes never left hers. The moment she stepped forward, the air in the narrow corridor changed: sharper, charged, like the hush before lightning. Blood still crusted his knuckles, silver still burned at his throat, but none of it mattered while Raniya stood close enough for him to catch...

His expression stiffened for a moment. Marro realised that Burnish was considering purchasing him. How much easier would their lives by if he was nearby? If they were deliberately pushed together. Then he felt sickened to take joy in possibly having his slavery changed to better suit them. It...

The handler, a thick-necked man with a face like old leather, gave a snort that might have been a laugh. “Strength and cunning, m'lord. And the fact he comes back to the cage every time without us having to chase him down. Most of ‘em still dream of the woods. This one is smart enough to...

The cart rattled over uneven stone as it carried Marro back into the shadowed belly of the Ashcroft keep. The iron cage had become a familiar confine around his body. The silver collar pressed a constant, biting weight into the skin of his throat. Its sigils a dull throb that anchored him...

The last of the rebels hit the sand with a dull, heavy thud. His body slid to a halt at Marro’s feet. The werewolf stood over him, chest rising and falling in slow, measured breaths. Cuts striped his arms. Blood clung to the dark fur along his jaw. The captured rebels had been given simple...

Thackett looked around the room. In the darkness it was hard to make out the fellow captives. There was a good chance that they would be a danger to the plan, let alone unable to help. "Noted, thank you." He was surrounded by amateurs. Thackett supposed he couldn't throw out any insults...

"Well aren't we little bundles of violence," Jeriah observed. "But no, I'm not removing any more cuffs until I've decided it's time to act. We need to finish the plan and act when the shifts have changed and most are asleep." The ship lurched, the ghost of the trees that had died for the...

"No, they won't be." Thackett sprung his right hand from his cuffs. He clenched his fist and rolled it around. Wearing the metal shackles hurt. "Also they've got a skeleton crew of guards to save on costs. They're running a three and two shift pattern so they have minimal guards when they...

Thackett was getting used to the movement of the slave ship. What he wasn't getting used to was the groans of the dying. In the bowels of the ship almost forty criminals had been chained. They were some who had not been captured easily. Wounds left to fester and all they were brought was water...

"That does sound like what I need," Thackett replied. He didn't profess to know much about the maritime craft, but Thackett got the distinct impression that the dwarf did. "So here is the fun part..." Thackett said, leaning forwards. "...I want to get several people off of a Red Reavers ship...

"Well that looked like an absolute joy," Thackett murmured as he sat down. The machinations of religious zealots always concerned him. Thackett would have liked more time to get the measure of the dwarf sat before him. Thackett had always struggled to get a quick read on a dwarf. Apparently...

Jeriah Thackett was aware of the power in charge of these old stones. He had a history with religious organisations. Just being here made him feel nervous. Thackett was desperate. He had a powerful komodi warrior and a pair of...he actually wasn't sure how to describe Izara and Dieder. He...

When they eventually emerged from the inn they would check their winnings. The bag carried a nice weight of jingling...pebbles. In the shade of a tree down the road Jeriah waited. With one hand he flicked a single silver coin up and down.

His thin smile grew ever more narrow. He didn't even trust his legs to carry him away from that sword if Melfa turned on him. Thackett wasn't as young as he once was. He was normally more graceful around a negotiating table, but he didn't see a table here. Just a komodi and her new favourite...