Beyond Fear by Stephanie Hanlon

Author:Stephanie Hanlon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: quest adventure, element magic, perilous journey, bullying, fantasy, adventure, swords and fighting, dragons adventure fantasy, war, female action fantasy
Published: 2014-10-28T03:24:27.385585+00:00

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She made her way back to the junction as quickly as possible, her determination carrying her down the steep slope quicker than she had climbed it and then scrambled without stopping into the left hand tunnel, her feet skidding and sliding beneath her.

The tunnel lasted for a long time, gradually winding downwards until Lizzie was finally forced to jump from a small opening in the wall to find herself standing in a small sealed chamber. She looked around puzzled unable to see any other way out other than the hole she had just crawled through and then with another flickering burst a green stone lit up on the floor, and as Lizzie moved towards it, she saw a dark opening, revealing a set of spiral stairs that disappeared into the earth below.

She crouched down peering into the black hole, the flickering green light unable to pierce further than the first few steps and Lizzie felt the panic rise once more in her chest. She slowly ran her hand along the opening, the stones feeling wet and slippery and as she leant forward was able to hear the steady dripping of water coming from below.

“Great,” she remarked quietly, treading down onto the first step. “It had to be water.”

She descended into the darkness, her hands clinging onto the slippery walls, as her feet slid out from underneath her, but she never fell as she continued slowly downwards, spirally continuously until she was lost in the impenetrable black, unable to see anything in any direction, as it pressed down on her smothering her like a thick blanket. The sounds crept in around her; taunting her in the darkness; every one of them amplified as her other senses struggled with her loss of sight, the slow steady dripping of water getting heavier and heavier, the whirring thudding that shuddered through the stones, her pounding heart thumping rhythmically in her ears.

She breathed deeply letting them wash over her; closing her mind to the panic as she calmly counted the steps; each one drawing her further into the Sea Witch’s lair, the walls around her becoming slick under her fingers, the freezing air stealing her breath until a welcoming glint of light caught her eye, and she felt the familiar warmth flood through her icy cold palm.

She hurried on, the small glimmer of light filling her with hope until with her last step she finally trod down onto a flat surface that came to an abrupt stop, the way ahead blocked by a thick solid wall. She felt around her blindly, brushing her fingertips over the rough, cracked stones as a brief moment of panic flooded over her. She was trapped. There was no way through. She had gone the wrong way.

She looked around desperately searching for the green light and was relieved to find it hidden below her feet. She knelt down running her fingers along the floor searching for the green stone; her fingers finally brushing against it, but she still couldn’t find the opening which would lead her out.

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