Blade of the Fae by R A Rock

Author:R A Rock [Rock, R A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2019-08-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Finn hit the bottom of the hole with a groan of pain, but he didn’t lose consciousness, and for that, he was grateful. At the last moment, before they had fallen through the sinkhole, Finn had seen the smoke twisting up through the chimney hole of the monster lair and had known what it was they were falling into.

He pulled his sword, feeling grim.

When he nudged Tessa, she didn’t move or respond. She was out cold, or at least, she wasn’t moving. This was bad. She might die. Not now. But her not waking up might eventually lead to her actual death. Because if she was out of commission, then they would fail to achieve their goal, thus ensuring the queen’s wrath. And if the queen was angry, she would probably kill Tess.

He watched for her chest to rise and fall—it did. And he let out the breath he’d been holding. Then, he took stock of their surroundings while he waited for her to wake up.

There was a tiny amount of moonlight that filtered in the hole they had fallen through, giving him enough light to make out a few things. From where he sat, he could see several large grey rocks in the cave, and he wondered whether the monster that lived in this cave slept behind one of them and that was why he couldn’t see it? There was a sound like waves on the shore that rose and fell. Finn hoped it meant the beast was sleeping.

Monsters of all kinds burrowed into the ground and created caves where they lived. The softer or smaller kinds would reuse old caves of monsters that had died so they didn’t have to dig their own. This cave certainly smelled as though a monster had died here. He could hardly breathe, the stink was so suffocating.

Finn heard Tessa give a quiet gasp of pain as she awoke, and he watched her curl up into a ball. Thank goodness she was conscious. They needed to get out of there as soon as possible.

“Tess?” he whispered, moving his eyes around the cave and trying to spot the creature. Even though she was clearly hurt, she didn’t make a sound, only quietly sat up, holding her hand against her chest. “What’s wrong?”

She shrugged, clearly ignoring some serious pain.

“Broken bone in my hand maybe,” she said quietly. “Doesn’t matter.”

Finn thought that probably it did matter, but they had bigger problems at the moment. The rising and falling sound of what he thought was the monster breathing stayed steady. That meant that whatever it was was probably still sleeping.

“We’re in a monster’s lair,” he said, keeping his voice as low as he could and still be heard by Tessa.

Her eyes got wide in the dim light, but she nodded like she already knew.

“But Finn,” she said, and swallowed hard before continuing. “There’s only monsters in…”

Finn gave her a grave look and, with a feeling of dread, finished her sentence.

“Tartarus.”

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