Crystal Throne (Book 1) by D.W. Jackson

Author:D.W. Jackson [Jackson, D.W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XII

They only got a few hours of travel in the first day before the sun began to go down and they were forced to make camp. They had moved south away from the city and into more open land. Thad didn’t know why Humanius wanted them to be on open ground, but they all followed his lead without complaint.

When they camped the scions were close, far closer than Thad would have liked. Though he was on edge knowing that their enemies were so close, Humanius still advised them to get as much sleep as possible.

Thad knew that Humanius and the others, including his son, didn’t need much sleep compared to him. It wasn’t the first time he felt like the weak link in their group, but it was a harsh reminder considering how close their enemies were.

Thad didn’t think that he would go to sleep, but he was so tired that within moments after he lay down his head he was fast asleep. As tried as he was, Thad didn’t get to sleep very long, thanks to a scion wandering into the camp.

Humanius and the others seemed ready for the creature, but unlike the other times the scions had attacked, this one seemed surprised to find them. After the quick battle Humanius turned to Thad, who was still clearing the sleep from his eyes. “Seems like these work, but not good enough to keep them completely off of our scent. The scions are still moving in our direction, but it doesn’t look like they can tell our exact location.”

“Hardly an improvement,” Belaroan replied. “They can still get close enough to find us even without a precise accounting of our location.”

“It gives us more time, and a better chance when we must fight,” Humanius replied, dismissing his sister’s complaints.

His nerves on edge, Thad laid back down though he didn’t fall asleep nearly as fast as before, though within an hour his eyes were closed and he was snoring heavily.

Thad was awoken as the sun breached the top of the horizon and streams of light assaulted his eyes. Shielding his eyes with his arm, Thad tried to look around, but his eyes were having trouble focusing. It was one of the downsides to the large amount of crystals; they reflected light and when the sun was just rising it was like trying to look though endless rainbows. There was so much light that even after his eyes adjusted it was hard to see if he looked in the direction the sun was coming up.

With the knowledge that the large rings didn’t work, they decided to switch to one of the other rings, though Humanius decided to keep the larger rings with them since they did work in a fashion. Belaroan complained about having to carry the large ring around with her, but Humanius gave her a dark look that quickly silenced her complaints.

It didn’t take them long to learn that the second ring was useless, as soon as they switched Humanius noticed the scions turn in their direction almost at once and head toward them.

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