AWOL by Traci Harding

Author:Traci Harding [Harding, Traci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780730492887
Publisher: Voyager
Published: 2014-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

Once the intense etheric light of their passage ebbed and the ground ceased to tremble, the wilds of Oceane had been replaced by a spacious futuristic shrine and the clean aesthetic inspired calm in the wake of their dimension shift.

The basic peripheral construct was an elongated circle that was open to the sky in the centre; thus, the first thing that was immediately noticeable was the deep indigo-coloured atmosphere beyond, completely clear of cloud. Fashioned from smooth white stone, the monument appeared so brilliant it glowed. In the moulded, wavelike architecture there were no joins — every surface opening and inset appeared to have been sculpted out of the one piece of enormous rock. The purpose of the beautiful edifice was not immediately clear as there were no idols, symbols or other motifs to implicate a place of worship. The dwelling seemed just a tranquil space from which to observe the idyllic countryside and ocean beyond.

Zeven and the rest of his men had landed on a circular platform located beneath the open centre of the arching ceiling, and this island was separated from the outer temple by a channel of clear water. The only object that appeared to have been dragged through into this world with them was the large block that they had laid Khalid upon.

‘Why do you think this came with us?’ Zeven queried Telmo, as they and Ahura jumped off the slab and onto the central platform — Khalid was still passed out.

‘Probably because we were all hugging it so tight during the quake,’ Telmo replied, observing the rock in question with a frown.

‘I am home!’ Ahura approached the canal, whereupon a walkway of the same white stone appeared and he crossed over onto the outer island. ‘Come and see!’

‘If we are where he says we are …’ Telmo paused to watch Ahura go bounding off towards one of the exit portals that appeared to lead out into nature, but the Dropa prince just vanished into the scenery. ‘This is not good.’

‘Agreed,’ Zeven concurred — they’d just arrived and had already lost a team member.

‘No, I mean this!’

Zeven swung around to see that Telmo was referring to the rock that Khalid was laid out on.

Telmo leaned in closer to whisper his concern. ‘This is the rock I hid the curse in.’

‘Why didn’t you tell me when I asked if there was a problem with using it?’ Zeven hissed back quietly, as he noted his family appear across the canal from them.

‘I didn’t know we were going to open a portal to a higher dimension, now did I?’ Telmo defended the call. ‘The objective was not to let anyone know. If I’d mentioned it, then you would have known.’

‘So why are you telling me now?’ Zeven uttered aside to his cohort, as he waved to his wife and daughter, and they headed towards the bridge Ahura had left in his wake.

‘Because you are leading this mission, and I am required to advise you of any threat.’

‘Well, now you’ve doubled the threat,’ Zeven chided.

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