Crown of Steel (Chaos Awakens) by Pfaff Heath

Author:Pfaff, Heath [Pfaff, Heath]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Vengeance, Thy Name is Xandrith

Xandrith walked the narrow corridors like a wraith. He'd lost a lot of his muscle mass and he looked even more tall and gaunt than ever before. His hand traced the doors that they were walking past. He would stop occasionally and look in one, laugh darkly and mutter beneath his breath, and then he would move on again. "This one was particularly awful." He commented once as he passed a room with a wooden door that was painted black with tar. He didn't seem to be talking to anyone in particular, and that was perhaps the most disturbing part of their journey through that section of the prison. It was alarming for Haley to see just how unhinged the assassin's mind had become during his time away. It made her heart ache to see him wince as he walked past doors that hid unspeakable devices of torture. He'd spent at least a week trapped in this hell hole, and in that time they'd subjected him to every method of persuasion they'd had at their disposal. Xan stopped abruptly in front of remarkably normal looking wooden door.

"Here." He said quietly. "This is where we'll find the tools to remove the crown and rings." He reached out and touched the door, but after a moment it became clear that he wasn't going to turn the handle. His eyes were haunted. "I can't ... Would one of you please open the door?"

Kassa and Haley both jumped forward to grab the handle, but it was Haley who got there first. "I'll go." She said, though she wasn't entirely certain she wanted to. Kassa and Haley locked eyes for a moment, but finally Kassa nodded once, sharply, and backed off.

"It's a wooden handled tool. The metal end will fit the screws on the crown." Xandrith said, bending over so that Haley could look at the fastenings before entering the room. As he bent over, Haley got her first really good look at the damage to Xandrith's head where his hair had been cut off from his scalp. The bone shone through, surrounded by patches of red and irritated flesh. The crown itself was fastened so tightly to his scalp that the sharp metal edges looked like they were biting into his flesh. Haley tried not to stare at the damage. She focused on the tops of the screws. They were box shaped with an offset box in the center of their top. "The device to snap the rings is a metallic vice with a pincer in the middle." He added as he lifted his head. It seemed the rings were mostly an afterthought.

"Alright, I'll be back." She said, and stepped into the room that Xan didn't wish to enter. There was a heavy wooden chair in the center of the room fastened to the floor with steel fasteners. The chair had bindings built into it that could be used to restrain the arms, the hands and fingers, the legs, the feet, and the head.

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