Man of War – Excerpt No. 99

“No details,” René replied. “The less I know the better.”

Marc nodded. His uncle could not take him in, that much was obvious. However, by the way his Uncle behaved he had something up his sleeve.

“You already know that you can’t stay,” René said. “Doing so would incur that miserable old man’s wrath.”

“To be honest,” Marc replied while mulling over his words. “I was hoping for shelter and time to think, but that messenger killed that plan… I don’t want him to win.”

“That’d be a shame.”

“I need a plan that’ll drive him up the wall…”

Royal messenger delivering a message by horseback. Scene and clothes appropriate for 16th century France.

Disclaimer: This excerpt from Man of War is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth.



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