Hoarfrost (Whyborne & Griffin Book 6) by Jordan L. Hawk

Author:Jordan L. Hawk [Hawk, Jordan L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Widdershins Press LLC
Published: 2015-04-20T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Whyborne

As we made our way back to camp, Christine ran off a long list of needed supplies, Iskander occasionally putting in an addition of his own. As everyone else’s attention was on Christine, I moved closer to Griffin. Careful to keep my voice low, I said, “Perhaps you shouldn’t go with us.”

A veritable rainbow of colors streamed across the heavens: green, white, and red, shading into violet. It looked as if the sky itself burned, and the glacier reflected the colors eerily.

Griffin’s jaw tightened at my words. “Of course I’m going with you.”

How could I make him see reason? “Griffin, if it is the umbra you’re hearing, getting closer to it might not be the wisest thing for you to do.”

“If it is the umbra, I’ll be able to lead you to it,” he countered.

“Which might not be at all healthy for you. Coupled with your fear of underground places—”

It was the wrong thing to have said; I knew it as soon as the words left my mouth. He came to a halt on the outskirts of the camp, and shot me a glare. “Damn it, Ival, I’m not an invalid, or a child! Stop treating me as one.”

“I don’t!” I protested. “Is it wrong to be concerned for you?”

“I don’t want your concern, if it means suggesting I’d ever, even for a moment, consider letting you go down there by yourself due to some fear of mine!”

Must he be so stubborn? “I won’t be alone. I’ll have Christine and Iskander. And what if we’re wrong somehow, and the umbra isn’t below the ground but above it? Surely someone should stay behind and protect Jack and the others.”

“Stop. Please, just stop.” His mouth twisted into an angry frown. “You’re trying to find some excuse, no matter how unlikely, so I—”

A loud crack sounded from above us on the mountain, echoing from the peaks around us. We both fell silent, startled by the sound.

There came a loud rumble, like thunder. But the sky was clear, and the rumble growing closer and closer.

“Avalanche!” Scarrow shouted.

For a moment, I froze in horror. The entire glacier above us seemed on the move, the recent snowfall breaking free of the ice below and roaring down like a wave in slow motion.

A wave.

Snow was just water, after all.

I didn’t let myself think. The guides were already running, but even if we somehow outpaced the avalanche, our camp would be destroyed and our dogs killed. Most likely we’d end up caught and crushed as well.

I ran toward the oncoming wall of snow. Griffin shouted something behind me, but I couldn’t make it out over the now-deafening thunder of the slide. I tore off my right mitten and flung it away. Dropping to one knee, I thrust out my hand.

In Widdershins, with all the power of the vortex to draw from, I might have been able to stop the avalanche. Here, I had only my own will to call upon. The scars lacing my right arm burned and pulled tight.

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