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Submitted to Contest #19
Our canoe lurched as I took a swipe with my axe at the pole supporting the weathervane on the roof of the Louvre Palace. Sparks punctured the moonlit December night as my glinting axe connected. A metal on metal screech briefly drowned out the wind. A rooftop cat hissed as the canoe flew past. “Night Watch is up! We’re going back to the Arthalaska,” Tremblay shouted from the stern as a musket ball whistled by. “Just one more hit and it’s ours. Hard about-turn starboard and a final pass,” I replied looking back at him. Fear was etched on his ...
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