Merc: Retribution
Sean M. Campbell
- Stephanie
- found
- herself
- alone,
- afraid,
- and
- freezing
- to
- death,
- on
- a
- small
- ledge.
- Her
- family
- was
- gone.
- Then
- from
- an
- unknown
- place
- a
- strange
- man
- came
- down
- the
- cliff
- to
- save
- her.
Then
- this
- strange
- man
- was
- also
- shot
- right
- in
- front
- of
- her
- eyes.
- She
- tried
- to
- scramble
- out
- from
- under
- his
- dead
- body,
- but
- the
- men
- who
- shot
- him
- and
- killed
- her
- family,
- were
- coming
- for
- her.
- Quietly,
- a
- voice
- whispered
- in
- her
- ear.
- “Close
- your
- eyes
- and
- do
- not
- open
- them
- ‘till
- I
- tell
- you
- it
- is
- okay.”
After
- the
- mercenary
- had
- saved
- her
- from
- the
- men
- that
- had
- killed
- her
- family,
- she
- saw
- a
- sight
- that
- would
- change
- her
- life.
- The
- mercenary’s
- bullet
- wounds
- healed
- right
- before
- her
- eyes.
- In
- astonishment
- she
- stammered
- out
- a
- question,
- “How?”
A
- voice
- from
- behind
- her
- answered
- the
- question.
- “He
- is
- Tannis
- Cladain,
- and
- that
- is
- about
- all
- the
- explanation
- anyone
- will
- give
- you
- right
- now.”
Stephanie
- was
- drawn
- into
- a
- life
- she
- never
- dreamed
- of.
- She
- was
- taken
- in
- by
- this
- strange
- man,
- as
- the
- quest
- for
- vengeance
- on
- her
- parent’s
- killers
- was
- brought
- to
- fruition.
- Stephanie
- became
- one
- of
- the
- companions
- of
- this
- man
- and
- a
- citizen
- of
- his
- country.
- Stephanie
- became
- a Merc.
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