Doormaker: Torchlighters (A Short Novel) by Jamie Thornton
Author:Jamie Thornton [Thornton, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Igneous Books
Published: 2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter 7
Gritty metal scraped Junleâs bare palm as she turned. A person stood on the pipe, against the crumbling stone opening, his outline sharp and angular.
He stepped forward. Starlight shined, lighting up Shunâs eyes and face. âWhat are you doing?â
âStop! You cannot come out on the pipes like this.â She imagined him climbing up the pipes on the outside of the tower like she had been about to doâwithout harness or hand hook, in the dark, a splatter death-pattern hanging over his head.
Shun kept moving, until he stood so close she could feel the warmth of his body. He grabbed Junleâs hand and pressed it to his cheek. His cheek was cool from the night air even though his hand was warm. âI am alive. Junle, I am with you. You should have woken me.â
Junle shook her head.
âEnough,â Shun said. âI am here. You are climbing to the top of this tower for some reason. Tell me the reason and I will help. I must help. I cannot let the patterns control my every move â¦â His voice broke.
It was then that Junle realized, in spite of all his strong words and brave actions, he was as afraid of his splatter death-pattern as she was afraid for him. He battled his fear by stepping out onto the pipes to prove to himself that he would not let the fear that filled him also control him.
Junleâs heart ached. âI plan to do something very foolish.â
âWe have spoken many foolish words to each other in this place.â
She knew that he was remembering their first kiss along with the dreams they had dared spoken aloud in this spot.
âBut this is even more foolish.â
This brought a smile back to Shunâs face and his eyes lit up. âMore foolish than stealing licatherin grime from the tower?â
Junle drew in a breath. âYou know about that? Have the markersââ
âI get closer to you than the markers,â Shun said, an almost devilish smile on his lips. âIt is time to turn foolish words into even more foolish action.â
âI am going to break into the debt room,â Junle said.
Shunâs smile dropped away. âYou plan to destroy our debts?â Shun said, incredulous. They had spoken about foolishness but the look on Shunâs face said he had not expected something like this.
âI do not plan to destroy anything,â Junle said.
âButââ
âI only plan to change,â Junle said. âThink, Shun. If lists go missing, they will notice. But if all our lists are accounted forâbut changed in our favorâwe could earn release by caravan.â
Shun stilled against her, thinking it through. âHow will this help the tower fall?â
âIt will not,â Junle said. âBut what if the tower falling has nothing to do with us? What if it shows only by when we need to earn our escape, and only if we seize it for ourselves?â
âBut if the tower falls, then the debt is destroyed with it,â Shun said.
Junle shook her head. âRemember what the pattern showed. The tower crumbled only after we had left it behind.
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