Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 220: Raid

Garvin took a steadying breath as he stood before the door, feeling a slight chill run down his spine.It was sun-rise, later than he had hoped for the imperial forcess to take action , but he believed at least that they still did not know he was alive, as if they did perhapse they could have decided to change place.

What he was doing wasn't about redemption—he couldn't care less about that. This was about survival. If he succeeded here, he'd no longer have to worry about assassins lurking in every shadow, waiting to take him out on the orders of his former employers, there was still the question if the regent would mantain his words, but honestly it was his only road , so there was no use in musing over how safe it was.

 Keval had been meticulous in his planning: one hundred and twenty-five of the soldiers had locked down the entire perimeter, blocking every possible route of escape. The remaining seventy-five stood at Garvin's back, silent and ready, their focus fixed on him and the door before them.@@novelbin@@

He raised his fist and gave a sharp knock, his heart pounding as he waited. A moment later, a visor slid open with a faint scrape, and a pair of narrowed, suspicious eyes peered out at him.

"Garvin?" The guard's voice was confused, his eyes blinking rapidly as he recognized the man outside.

Please don't let them know that I had an assassin sent after me, Garvin prayed to whatever god would listen that the lower crooks knew nothing of how their employer would deal with them.