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Rescue
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Rescue
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Rescue

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When Tashi discovers that Zaraj, a hero of the rebellion, was sold into slavery, she rides west to rescue him. But once she finds him, she not only encounters another slave who also needs rescuing, but fierce resistance from what passes for law in the frontier town.

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PublisherEvelyn Weibel
Release dateMay 11, 2018
ISBN9780463451427
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    Rescue - Evelyn Weibel

    Rescue

    Evelyn Danelle Weibel

    Copyright © 2018 Evelyn Weibel

    All rights reserved.

    ISBN: 1719001790

    ISBN-13: 978-171900179

    CHAPTER 1

    Tashi limped into the dark saloon. The sickly-sweet smoke of lacchsa pipes wafted through the room; she almost gagged. She'd always hated the stuff, and didn't know exactly why she was here, except for the tip she'd gotten about a hero of the rebellion, Zaraj, snatched away in the night.

    Trying to stifle her limp, she sauntered up to the bar and sat down on the bench. She rested her arms on the counter and gratefully stretched out her injured leg, which had still not recovered completely despite the medpatch and the best doctor she could afford. She suspected it had not healed correctly and it would never be the same again.

    The bartender wobbled up to her. A man—unusual. She felt a sort of kinship with him just from his imperfect stride, an old injury perhaps.

    What'll it be? he said. He had dark circles under his eyes as if he'd been up all night, and he wore a grease-stained gray shirt and an apron over his pants.

    I'll have a Noontide.

    The man nodded and hobbled away to pour her a glass, then clunked it onto the bar so that a bit of foam spilled out onto the stained, pockmarked wood.

    Tashi sipped the drink, and struggled not to make a face. She never drank alcohol if she could help it; she didn't know why people wanted to dull their senses, especially with something that tasted so foul. At least this was the lightest drink she could get, and so it would not make her drunk on one glass.

    Tashi scrounged for a question to command the bartender's attention before it could be diverted. She had to know if Zaraj had been kidnapped; she'd been scouring the countryside for the past two days, working ever westward on the trail of vague rumors. She hoped it was not true, but there was no one else who felt that it warranted the time and effort. Just because he was a man.

    If it had been her father, she would have gone to the ends of the earth for him. She had her father back, though wounded. Jet was safe at home, an infinite distance from this world. Zaraj had nothing, no one. He deserved a better fate. Now that things were settling down, the rebels were carving out a domain free of Lapparan, but it was still a bit chaotic. Zaraj had fallen through the cracks. But this district had to be one of justice—that was what they had fought for. Not least, for justice for slaves, like Zaraj. He did not deserve to be a slave; he should be hailed as a hero, just as much as the women. As much as Jet.

    So have you been working here long? Tashi asked.

    Two years. He polished a glass. I know what you're thinking. It's strange for a man to be in my position. But that's the good thing about being out here. A man has more opportunities, more freedom.

    Some don't, she thought, though she figured that, as a man, he'd probably be sympathetic.

    How's business?

    He waved a hand. Slow at the moment, as you can see.

    A few scattered women sat at tables, smoking, drinking, conversing. There were several men as well, sitting next to women. The activity was quiet, muted, but then, it was early afternoon.

    How is it in general?

    Good, for such a remote place. We're pretty much the last outpost before the untamed wilds.

    She nodded. This dusty frontier town was her last stop; she had no idea where to go if she didn't find Zaraj here. How could one man disappear so thoroughly? It wasn't as if the west was densely populated.

    Do you have any…entertainment?

    "Oh, yes. Any bar worth anything has that. Just not at three-quarter in the afternoon. Come back at ten and five, that's when the action starts. We've got some real beauties, unlike the

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