Guardian (Blade Asunder Book 2) by Jon Kiln

Author:Jon Kiln [Kiln, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

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Myriam flailed about on the temple floor, fighting for her life. The snake encircled her, constricting. As the coils tightened round her, she felt the breath being squeezed out of her body. Her chest filled with fire as her ribs came near to breaking. And still the serpent tightened its implacable grip.

The reptile’s cold, scaly skin scraped against her own and sent shudders of revulsion through her. Myriam held tight to Harkan, struggling to get her hand free so she might stab at the monster. Suddenly its head reared up, the ugly, slitted eyes hanging before her own. The serpent’s glare was hypnotic and devoid of mercy.

Myriam wrenched her body, trying to break free. The snake held her tight. They rolled across the floor, tumbling madly. The beast’s yellow eyes stayed locked on her face. Its jaws broke apart, the lipless slit of its mouth opening wider. The forked tongue flickered in and out, lashing the air before her face. The terrible maw opened wider and wider. It was preparing to swallow her, the horrid jaws waiting to engulf her.

Twisting and squirming, Myriam at last managed to work her arm out from beneath the serpent’s coils. It hissed angrily, the breath fetid with the rotting scent of its last meal. The head drew back. Myriam knew that in a moment it would come forward again, to close around her head. She struck with every ounce of strength, driving the point of her blade into the monster’s throat.

Hissing in pain, the serpent reared up. Myriam was jerked off the floor and raised into the air, still hopelessly caught in the spiraling body of the snake. It shook her violently, constricting even tighter than before. Myriam gasped. She was being crushed. The pain in her torso was unbearable. Flailing madly, she stabbed at the beast again and again with Harkan. Cold black blood splashed into her face, but the snake still gripped her.

Myriam was weakening. Stars exploded in her blurred vision. Her lungs felt as if they would burst, and her ribs were being crushed. Stubborn to the last, she stabbed her tormentor again and again with Harkan’s blade. But her strength was flagging. Where were her friends?

Sensing its prey’s struggles weakening, the serpent drew its wide-stretched jaws closer and prepared to swallow the princess whole. Nearly blinded, on the verge of passing out from the lack of air, Myriam saw the dark maw swelling, blocking out every other sight as if it were swallowing the world. With the last of her defiance, she drove Harkan straight into that gaping pit of death.

The keen blade pierced the roof of the serpent’s mouth and bit deep. Thick blood spurted. The snake convulsed, its entire length going rigid in shock. And then, at last, with Myriam’s dagger buried to the hilt in its reptile brain, the demon reptile finally perished. Its crushing hold on the princess relaxed in death and Myriam tumbled free, coughing and spluttering.

Hendon appeared at her side, gripping her by the arms and turning her over onto her back.

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