75. The Herbalist

Donavan leisurely lies in his sharpshooter position with his gun close by should he want to quickly watch something through his telescope. Jonathan is on the other side of their hide-out also in an ideal position. In this way, they cover all the possible routes to their camp. Their covert positions high up against a strategic cliff looking down on a pool that intruders first will have to cross before they can navigate the large white and brown boulders. That means that any intruder will be an easy target and in a hopeless position if they fire down upon them. Donavan grins. He will deliberately allow the mercenaries to cross the pool because after that there is no hope of survival for them. They will be cut down one by one and those that turn back into the pool, he will shoot one by one. That easy! They couldn’t get luckier than this. His smile vanishes as quickly as it appeared, thinking now about Eldrich. He is worried. He doesn’t think he is going to make it. Captain Haasbroek is n