Conrad Edison and The Living Curse (Overworld Arcanum Book 1) by Corwin John

Author:Corwin, John [Corwin, John]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

I didn't know where I found the courage, but I ran up behind Brickle, gripped his tail, and gave it a good hard tug. He spun around. A paw slashed at me, tore through my shirt, and grazed my skin. I fell backward with a shout. Brickle howled and snapped his jaws hard enough to amputate a limb. My muscles turned to water. I couldn't coordinate my legs or make them move fast enough as the wolf raised a massive, padded paw and slashed it toward my chest.

Ambria cried out the words from a scroll. A sheet of ice slammed into the wolf and froze him into place. Brickle's eyes blazed. The ice cracked. It wouldn't hold him for long. I used the slight pause to regain my wits and kicked my feet against the floor to push myself backward. The ice shattered. I threw up my arm as shards pelted me. Unbearable weight crashed onto my chest. I felt hot, rancid breath on my face. I looked up at the jaws of death.

This is it. I'm going to die.

Ambria chanted again. The wolf vanished in a flash, replaced by a large fish with sharp teeth. Mustering all my willpower, I gripped the slimy thing and tossed it toward the diagram. This time, it landed just inside the circle.

Ambria grabbed another scroll and recited the words. "Daema xhe ceanas incorpiro!"

A loud boom echoed in the small room. Green flames leapt from the lines in the diagram and a black blob seemed to tear itself from the earth just as the fish morphed back into the wolf. The blob sprouted a dozen or more legs, resembling a huge spider. A horrific screaming face pressed against the inside of the abdomen as if trying to escape.

The wolf backed away, the fury in its eyes morphing to absolute terror. Hackles raised and growling, it tried to escape, but the circle confined it. The black creature spun to face the wolf. With an ear-piercing screech, it lunged. Brickle's claws raked the creature. His jaws clamped onto one of the legs, tearing it loose. Dark ichor spurted from the wound. The two monsters burst into a frenzied melee. Blood sprayed and the wolf yelped pitifully.

Somewhere in the mix, Brickle transformed into humanoid form but with a wolf's head. "What have you done!" he shouted. His snarls turned to yelps and half-human screams. "Help! Help!"

With a hair-raising chitter, the monster's abdomen opened like a giant mouth while its legs thrust the screaming Brickle into the maw. The mouth snapped shut. I heard muffled cries pleading for help. The sides of the blob bulged, its prey punching, kicking, and flailing desperately. The movements abruptly stilled.

A moment later, the monster belched. A jumble of bones fell from its mouth and onto the floor. It turned to face us. This time the humanoid face seemed to be smiling.

"Zo jakini." It screeched with laughter.

Ambria screamed and screamed and screamed. The scroll fell from her limp hands as she backed away from the horror, her throat sounding raw with agony and terror.

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