Devdan Manor by Auden D. Johnson

Author:Auden D. Johnson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Aubey LLC
Published: 2014-05-12T22:00:00+00:00

They walked. The rooms kept changing. Hot and cold phantom wind caressed Cyl’s face. It brushed the back of his neck. His shield only stopped poisons and attacks meant to break the skin. He could still feel. The wind was like a slap in the face. He was more alert then he wanted to be. It was gone. Exhaustion fell on him harder than before.

He felt pressure on his arm. It moved up. Felt like an insect with sharp legs crawling across his skin. Cyl lifted his tired arm and rolled up his sleeve. His vision blurred. Tiredness attacked his eyes.

Cyl focused. His vision cleared. His flesh dented under the invisible crawling demon. It was in no hurry. Cyl pulled strength from his depths and shot a bolt of electricity through the shield surrounding his arm. The insect left him alone.

They walked. Cyl was at the back. Every so often, the others flinched or jerked a limb for seemingly no reason.

For once, Ozais wasn’t muttering to himself. The knowledge that the wardens were nearby probably sat at the center of his mind. Small favors.

Cyl’s bag weighted like a stone block. So did his legs. The throbbing pain behind his eyes didn’t help. Ryse was lagging behind. He picked her up. He didn’t want to. He had to. Felt like he was carrying three boulders.

“This will do,” Uryl said.

He led them into a room. It had one window. No furniture. Small like a cave. It was easy to create a barrier here. Cyl wanted to lie down and never get up.

Everyone dropped their bags. Ryse grabbed her markers.

She yawned. “I need to draw on the walls only I’m not tall enough.”

Cyl tried not to groan. Uryl and Nuall were busy making their own type of barrier. He’d never hand Ryse over to Ozais. He’d have to carry her.

She drew her circles and symbols on the walls. The strange markings ran away from her protective wards. Up until then, Ryse only drew her wards on the floor. The strange symbols were only on the walls and on some decorations.

Cyl didn’t want to talk. He needed to point this out.

“Take a look at this,” he said.

Uryl, Nuall and Ozais were at his shoulder.

Ozais whistled. “Never saw the marks do that.”

“Let’s finish the barrier. We’ll talk about this when we’ve had some rest.”

Cyl could’ve hugged his brother.

They finished the barrier and spread out in the middle of the floor. They rolled out their sleep mats. They each had extra blankets, which they gave to Ozais to make his own bed.

This felt nice. Sitting. He closed his eyes.

Ryse made a low whining noise as she shifted. She never sounded like that. What could Cyl do to make her feel better?

“There once was a demon,” Uryl said. “Everyone called her odd. They said there was something strange about her.” Cyl opened his eyes. Ryse shifted to face Uryl. “They couldn’t tell her why she was odd. They said she wasn’t normal. No matter what she did, she never felt like she fit in.

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