Gold by Adam Heine

Author:Adam Heine [Heine, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gold, Gate to the Abyss, From the Depths, Torment, Tides, Numenera, Tides of Numenera, Fantasy, Adventure
ISBN: 9781941210031
Publisher: inXile entertainment Inc.
Published: 2014-10-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Tsio stepped aside to let Luthiya exit the bone tower. She would’ve knocked him down if he hadn’t. She shut her eyes as her body hissed through the force wall.

Khapah was already on the other side of the first bridge, many yards ahead. Ama was two chasms beyond that and walking toward them.

They couldn’t go back to Shuenha. They just couldn’t. Even if they did defeat the Tabaht, it wouldn’t be the end. The Tabaht hadn’t wiped out the Shue, and the Shue would never completely wipe out the Tabaht. There would always be someone who wanted revenge.

When Luthiya reached Khapah and Ama, they were deep into an argument. The wights had disappeared.

Khapah’s face was twisted into an ugly scowl. “. . . never told us you could control them.”

“Control them?” Ama laughed, but there was no mirth in it. “I came out here to study them. It’s actually quite funny. The wights were only trying to communicate with—”

Khapah made a slashing gesture with his hand. “You’re lying.”

Ama’s expression became stone. “You are a child and a savage. You can’t possibly understand the things I do.”

“I understand that you fear them as much as we do, that you won’t step outside the force walls when there are wights nearby.”

Ama looked down at Luthiya, who cowered. “I suppose she told you that.”

Khapah sidestepped, placing himself between Luthiya and Ama. “Don’t pretend she doesn’t tell you everything I say as well.”

“A double agent, then.” Ama sniffed. Luthiya suddenly wished she hadn’t come. “To say I control them gives me too much credit. I doubt there is anyone who can control them.”

“But you can talk to them, tell them what you want.” Khapah’s face softened. “Thiya said you were drawn to help us. I’ve seen it in your actions. You rescued us, brought us here to safety. And you defended us just now, when the Tabaht would’ve rooted us out.”

Ama considered that. “I’m drawn to their aid, too. The wights.”

Khapah nodded. “No doubt that’s why they listened to you just now. We’re helping them, too, with the water. You must ask them to help us take Shuenha back from the Tabaht.”

Ama threw back her head and laughed.

Luthiya blurted out, “You can’t!”

Both Ama and Khapah looked at her. Ama seemed amused, but Khapah’s face was worried. “We have to, makoeh. There’s nothing else for us.”

“Only because you won’t let it go.” Luthiya squeezed her eyes shut, willing the tears back and failing. “I hate the Tabaht, too. I miss my friends and my…my parents, but going back for vengeance won’t solve anything.”

Khapah cupped her cheek in his hand. “It will, though. You saw what the wights did. They’re invincible. We might not have to fight at all.”

“And then what?” she shouted. Khapah jumped back, a look of shock on his face. She hadn’t meant to yell. She softened her tone. “Then what, Khapah? We’ll never kill them all. They’ll come back, just like you want to go back now. Or someone else will take their place.

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