Leven Thumps: The Complete Series by Skye Obert

Author:Skye, Obert [Skye, Obert]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2012-06-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Den of the Dead

The home of the Want made Leven tired and dizzy. There seemed to be no end to the amount of stairs there were to climb. And each time they entered a new room, the floor would shift and windows would open and close. Leven felt like he was in a dream where he knew he was somewhere, but it looked like someplace else. Regardless of how he felt, Leven kept following the Want, carefully stepping where he stepped.

Clover had disappeared and was staying silent.

Leven wanted to take a break and rest, but the Want moved with such purpose and speed that Leven felt compelled to keep up and keep quiet.

They moved into a large hall with ornate walls and an intricately carved ceiling. Painted on the ceiling were hundreds of trees. Three of the walls bore raised portraits of two siids; on the fourth wall there was just a single siid. The Want waved his hands over his head and the siid portraits recessed and became wide windows showing distant parts of Foo. The Want pointed at the windows and the glass became orange, burning like a sheet of fire and warming the room.

“What is this place?” Leven shouted, the Want still twenty feet in front of him.

“Just a room,” the Want answered.

Leven’s eyes burned gold. There was something the Want wasn’t telling him.

“Keep your secrets,” Leven said boldly. “But I’m not going any farther.”

Leven stopped.

His heart had been beating differently ever since he had stepped into the home of the Want. His fingers felt jittery and in need of something to grab onto. Leven couldn’t quite get his gift to work, though his feelings and perceptions were heightened. Clover’s silence hadn’t helped the situation. Leven’s thoughts seemed much more clear and worthwhile when he had Clover to bounce them off of.

“There’s something about this room,” Leven said, looking around. “There’s something here.”

The Want spun around and pointed at Leven. His arm trembled as his countenance glowed bright. Leven still couldn’t see the Want’s eyes, only his red beard.

Leven felt even stronger.

“There’s no time!” the Want repeated. “You grew too slowly. The wick is lit. Fate has taken the fire from Geth, and in doing so has put us behind. The opposition has time. When the last piece is placed, this picture will look wanting if you have not beaten their strongest opponent.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

The Want moved closer to Leven. Leven could see a haze coming from beneath the Want’s hood.

“I look at you and see failure,” the Want shook, his glassy breath burning Leven’s eyes. “I see the end of Foo and the destruction of all dreams. Now, follow me.”

“See what you want,” Leven declared. “I don’t know anything about this place where I now live. I meet creatures and beings my imagination previously couldn’t have thought up. I have followed Geth and fate as best I could. Now I’m here, and you talk like every second is a second closer to doom.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.