Chapter 13
With this spike, he should be able to get a second one much easier. He could use it to dig and expose the hook, then use it as a lever.
There were multiple pinning points. Marcelo’s heart raced as he crawled past a couple before lying back down. Hopefully that would keep the resulting looseness of the tent from becoming too obvious and drawing unwanted attention before he was ready. As expected, using the first spike as a tool, this one came up much easier.
Marcelo stood and practiced manipulating one of the spikes until he could hide most it up the sleeve of his tunic while still keeping his fingers loose around the sharper end. He let it drop and got a tighter grip around the hooked end and swiftly swung it in an upward stabbing motion