The Tomni'Tai Scroll (Book 1) by Sam Ferguson Read Free Book Online Page B

had left the group. Even at a slow pace, they should have been here by now. His mind start racing and played through the different things that might have happened. Each minute ticked by as though it was hours long. Kai walked over to the table and took a long drink of his cider then slammed the bottle down.
    “I shouldn’t have left them,” Kai grumbled. His hand slid down to his sword and he felt his blood boil within him. He reached out and ripped the door open. He ran straight back to where he left the group.
    When he arrived back in the spot where he left them, he stopped to catch his breath. He quickly scanned the area for any sign of his sister, but he saw nothing. He scanned the windows of the buildings on either side of the street, but there were no lamps burning. No people were out on the street. There was nothing. Kai looked around for any signs of distress, but again he was disappointed. Fear started to grip his soul, but he quickly steeled his nerves and collected his thoughts objectively.
    Kai turned around and looked back in the direction of the Tiger’s Eye Inn. Without any other leads, he decided it would be worth his time to go back to the inn and probe around for leads.
    He broke into a controlled, but speedy, run and arrived at the inn in less than a minute’s time. He opened the door and slipped inside the building. A strong odor of liquor and smoke assaulted his nostrils as he came through the doorway. Kai noticed that there were a lot more patrons in the dining room than before. The crowd was markedly more unruly also. He recognized some of them as previous inmates of the dungeon. It didn’t appear that any of them were paying any attention to him, let alone recognized him. This was not a surprise, as Kai often wore disguises, or operated so stealthily that his identity was still a well-kept secret within the large city. He then noticed a pair of dwarves that were seated at a table nearby. They were eyeing him suspiciously. One of them leaned over to the other and whispered something.
    “Keep yer mouth shut Pinhead, this ain’t none of our business,” the first dwarf said.
    Kai eyed the pair for a moment and then turned his attention back to the rest of the room. After watching the crowd for a few seconds he decided to try his luck with the inn keeper. Kai stepped in and made his way through the crowd towards the bar. He pushed through a trio of gruff-looking men and was about to address the barkeep, but he stopped short when he saw the same two men that had been with his sister. There they were sitting at the bar with a new pair of women listening to their tales of travel and adventure as though they had been there all night.
    Kai felt his blood course hot through his veins. He knew that those men had done something with his sister, and he was going to find out what had happened. Kai lunged forward and slammed Mandhar’s head on the bar. The two women shrieked and jumped away from their stools in fear.
    “Where is she?” Kai demanded.
    Stefan stood up and reached for a dagger, but Kai struck out with a forceful kick to the groin followed by a left hook to the jaw. Stefan fell backwards, tripping over his stool.
    “Hey,” the barkeep yelled and made his way towards Kai. “Hadock, get this man out of here.”
    “This is no affair of yours,” Kai yelled at the barkeep. “You would do well to keep out of this.”
    “Hadock!” the barkeep yelled.
    Kai slammed Mandhar’s head twice more on the bar, completely knocking the senses out of the man. Then he turned and started for Stefan, but a massive hand seized his left arm and yanked him back. Kai turned and saw a mountain of a man.
    “Me, Hadock,” the man roared. “Boss say he want you out.” Hadock then lifted Kai off of the ground with one hand and threw him across the dining hall towards the door. The patrons scrambled back against the walls at the sight of Kai landing hard on one of the tables and crashing through to the