Kaz Chapter 7

Kaz’s story pt 1 - Argan the Warrior #3

The two men walked along the trail through the forest in silence. With a motion of his hand Kaz indicated smaller side trail, almost hidden among the thick growths of cedar, birch, spruce, and aspen. He turned down it, Argan following his lead. Moments later the sky opened above the forest revealing a roughly circular clearing that seemed vaguely man-made. At the edge of the treeline the earth sunk into a trench, like a moat, half again the height of a man. Inside the trench the clearing was round, the forest cut down in an unnatural circle. At its center rose a hill from which, if looking for it, one could see the hints of a log cabin partially built into it. Its roof overgrown with vegetation, the structure was well camouflaged it against its surroundings, neatly hidden from casual observation.

They came to a raised foot bridge, fifty and more paces in length, crossing the trench to the hill. The wooden structure was solid, and did not quiver as the two men stepped onto the hand-hewn…