Chapter Fifteen
That was our help?
A single guy in a small boat by himself against a bunch of heavily armed townsfolk who seemed to have gotten reinforcements from the military?
My heart sank.
I don’t know what I had expected, but in this situation, there was no way we could get into this boat and cross the lake safely, and then meet whatever was on the other side without being shot at.
As soon as we abandoned this house, the townsfolk would move in.
I still didn’t understand what they were after, and why we had raised their ire so much, and even why they had requested assistance from the military.
But Sheydu and Anyu appeared to be getting ready to go down.
Reida was also packing all his gear, and Sheydu was reminding me to keep my weapon within reach. For all the good that would
