Destruction's Ascent by T. A. White

Author:T. A. White [White, T. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

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A sharp pounding in her head called Tate back to consciousness. Even her hair tingled with remembered pain as she curled into a bed that was harder than usual.

A grunting snarl brought her to full awareness, and she opened her eyes. Her automatic wince was aborted when only a soft glow met her instead of the sharp stabbing of bright light.

A roar echoed off the stone as Tate pushed herself to a sitting position. She squinted at Night, hindquarters still on the ground as he tried to stand to meet a nonexistent assailant. The roar and snarl had been him, she assumed as she pushed back her hair and looked around.

They were no longer in the room of cells—Jack, the blue light, and all the rest, gone.

"Enough, Night," Tate croaked. "Whatever did that is long gone."

He didn't immediately stop, though the volume decreased until his roars were closer to irate grumblings. The sound seeming to comfort him as he lowered himself again so he was lying flat.

Tate glanced around, somehow unsurprised to find them in the room where the mirror had spit them out.

Her limbs felt like wet noodles, achy, and unwilling to bear any weight as she tried to push herself to her feet.

"We need to get back there. Get them free," she said. She rolled onto her knees and took a deep breath. That had been way harder than normal. Maybe a symptom of whatever had transported them through physical space to their current surroundings?

That reminded her of another being who could do the same sort of thing, only with significantly less adverse effects.

"Ai, are you there?" Tate croaked, talking to the being others had referred to as a minor goddess. She didn't know whether Ai was a god, but the girl had demonstrated she was capable of nearly anything, including instantaneous transportation—at least within the scope of the tunnels.

"Ai, we could really use your help," Tate called.

She waited a moment, her only answer a long silence, punctuated by her breathing and Night's faint growls.

Tate pushed to her feet in a herculean effort. Guess they were going to have to do this the hard way. She only prayed that green floaty-thing didn't have the ability to alert the children's captors of their previous rescue attempt.

Where are you going? Night finally asked as she staggered back down the tunnel.

"I need to save the children." Tate's voice was filled with a fierce purpose and steely resolve.

Now that some time had passed, her legs and body were feeling much steadier, and she didn't feel like her head was going to fall off at any second. That was good. It would make saving the children a lot easier.

Wait for me, Night grunted as he leveraged his hind quarters to standing. You're going to need someone to watch your back on this fool's errand.

They had only made it a few steps into the corridor when a bone-chilling scream filled the air. It was a sound full of menacing promise meant to remind humans they were not the top of the food chain down here.

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