Cursebreaker by Carol A Park

Author:Carol A Park [Park, Carol A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732149144
Publisher: Shattered Soul Books
Published: 2019-12-11T22:00:00+00:00

Xiu’s rock giant carried them for what seemed liked forever before it slowed again. Vaughn had settled himself down in a nook that seemed safe and fallen asleep, when suddenly, the change in speed roused him. He poked his head back up again.

The terrain had changed. Behind them lay the pockmarked plains. To their right, the beginnings of mountains rose from the horizon. And directly in front of them was a wide river of tumultuous black water.

A few dozen feet past the opposite bank, the land disappeared into a heavy white fog. Vaughn could see shapes in the fog, shifting, growing, shrinking, but he couldn’t make out what any of them were.

Azaz made his way over to where Vaughn and Ivana stood. “We’re here,” he said.

“Where, exactly, is that?”

Azaz gestured. “The final divide.”

“Wait… There really is a river?”

Azaz didn’t respond. “Wait here.” He catapulted over the edge of the giant’s hand.

Vaughn looked over the edge. Azaz was striding toward the edge of the river. The already churning water swirled and eddied, and a moment later, a creature began to emerge from the water.

It looked like an enormous, distorted dog. It stood, dripping on the bank, its head bowed to the shorter Azaz.

Vaughn couldn’t hear any words pass between the two creatures, but after a few minutes, the dog turned and bounded back into the river, disappearing under the surface again.

Azaz returned to the giant. It picked Azaz up and placed him back in its hand.

“We will cross,” Azaz said. “As Xiuheuhtli anticipated, Thaxchatichan will gladly receive you.”

Vaughn breathed out. “Great. Progress.” He flashed a smile at Ivana, but she didn’t return it.

True to Azaz’s word, the stone giant waded slowly into the river. At the center of the river, the water rose to the giant’s waist, and Vaughn was afraid that even this giant would be swallowed. But from there, it pushed on, and the water remained level.

Vaughn couldn’t help staring down into the depths of the water. Something black and spiny crested the surface and then disappeared again. “Is there something in the water?”

Azaz looked amused. “There are many somethings in the water. Please don’t fall in. You are not meant to be in this land—to traverse this test or any other. You would fail.”

Vaughn glanced at Ivana, and she shrugged.

It didn’t take the giant long to cross the raging river, though the current was so strong that even the giant had to push against it. Vaughn couldn’t imagine anyone less than a rock giant traversing it.

The rock giant reached the other side and stood at the edge of the fog. There, it lowered its hand for the three of them to climb out.

Azaz pointed toward the fog. “You are beyond the dangers of the abyss now, and the fog will not hurt you as long as you keep moving forward.” He paused. “I will offer you one word of advice: Stay alert. Once you step through, you are not beyond all danger.” He bowed. “A xchotli of Thaxchatichan will meet you on the other side.

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