Blood of a Barbarian (11 page)

Read Blood of a Barbarian Online

Authors: John-Philip Penny

Tags: #General Fiction

BOOK: Blood of a Barbarian
7.42Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

I looked up to the dark sky high above, searching for some sign from the Roman gods, but saw only infinite blackness, and the million fine points of distant light. I then reached up and took the laurels off of my head and threw them to the ground.

"Freedom or death," I said to myself, and then louder, so that the guards looked up from their dice game at me.

"Freedom or death!" I cried.

 

 

The end, or, The Beginning...

 

Other books

The Playboy by Carly Phillips
Widowmaker by Paul Doiron
Jewel of the East by Ann Hood
Taking Death by G.E. Mason
Tiger! Tiger! by Alfred Bester
Alexander the Great by Norman F. Cantor