Finn by Romi Hart

Author:Romi Hart [Hart, Romi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-03T16:00:00+00:00

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Claire materialized behind a bank of foliage. The huge black monster squatted there with Dorian stretched out a few feet away. The dragon seethed with heat and power. His sharp, pointed head bobbed back and forth peering through the trees, but Dorian looked as pale and inert as ever.

She followed the direction of the dragon’s gaze. Another tiny, crumbling wreck of a cabin nestled in the undergrowth. Spanish moss dripped from its eaves and lichen covered the door slouching to one side.

Claire couldn’t see anything but dark beyond the threshold, but that dark made her guts churn. This place wasn’t deserted. She could sense that through the air without even trying. The area vibrated with danger and not the kind that invited her to get into a fight with it.

This danger came from something insidious, something evil, something that knew no compassion or human emotion. This danger didn’t even try to warn anybody away. It teased its prey to come closer, to fall into its trap to its doom. It spoke to her through the air with the same treacherous voice. She had to get away from it before she succumbed to its poisonous influence.

Finn’s voice startled her from behind. “She’s in there. Let’s go.”

She lunged for him before she knew what she was doing. “Wait, Finn! Don’t go in there.”

“We have to.”

Claire’s teeth chattered in apprehension. She shook her head fast. “We can take him somewhere else. We don’t have to go in there.”

His eyes widened. “You said you wanted to. Dorian wants you to.”

“I made a mistake!” She bit back the urge to shriek in terror. “We can take him somewhere else. We can’t go in there. She’ll kill us all.”

He straightened up. His eyes left nowhere for her to hide. “Well, it’s too late now. We’re here now, so let’s see what she says. The longer we delay, the worse it will be for him. She might not even help us and then we’re back to square one.”

He bent over and picked up Dorian in his arms. He positioned the young man’s head against his shoulder and braced his back supporting Dorian’s weight. “You hang back. Let me go first. That way, you can…..you know. You can do something.”

She nodded again. She didn’t say so, but she understood what he meant. They couldn’t put all their eggs in one basket. If Isabella attacked Finn, at least Claire would be here to….to do something. She didn’t know what she could do against Isabella, but some class of a plan was better than nothing.

He waded through the branches and emerged into the open. He hesitated in front of the cabin. He cradled Dorian in his arms, but he didn’t approach the cabin for what seemed like a long time. He observed the apparently deserted building. Nothing moved. Not one breath of wind disturbed the moss.

At last, he took a deep breath and set off for the lopsided steps. Claire rubbed her shaking hands against her thighs, but she couldn’t scrape off the cold sweat.

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