Path of the Specialist by Pedro Urvi

Author:Pedro Urvi [Urvi, Pedro]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

The weeks went by with agonizing slowness for Lasgol. He tried to keep busy learning everything he could, to keep his mind occupied and avoid thinking about Astrid all the time. She was still asleep while her body fought against the poison, with the help of Annika’s medicines. He went to visit her every day, before and after training. Annika let him spend a short while with her, and he would tell her what his day had been like, how things were at the Shelter and other trivial details, such as the weather and the temperature, which were beginning to worsen with giant steps. He did this in a positive voice, cheerfully, in the hope that she could hear him and that his words would comfort her. Unfortunately, he had no way of knowing whether they had any effect on her or not. He wanted to think they did and went on visiting her every day.

Annika had decided to extend the healing process for another whole week to avoid running any risk, and he found the waiting an agony. The group tried to cheer him up, assuring him that everything was going to be all right, that Astrid would be well soon and that there would be no after-effects. He was grateful for their words; he knew they meant well, but he was not so sure that everything would come out well. He was afraid, as if an icy fear had got in between the bones of his spine and he could not get rid of it. He had shivering fits and was unable to sleep. He had terrible nightmares in which he always ended by losing Astrid in some horrible way. He woke up in terror, with anxiety clutching at his heart so tightly that he thought it might burst.

Viggo woke him up one morning. “Easy... wake up...” he whispered.

“What is it?” Lasgol called out. His eyes were like saucers and he felt as though he had been stabbed in the heart with an icy knife.

“Easy, man, nothing’s wrong. You were having another nightmare. You were screaming. I had to wake you.”

“Oh... is it time to get up already?”

Viggo nodded. “The sun’s just come out. But I think you ought to get dressed.”

“Why?” Lasgol felt rather fuddled and lost.

Viggo nodded toward the cave entrance, where Annika was watching them from above. The Elder made a signal to Lasgol to follow her.

“Don’t tell me it’s Astrid...”

“I think so... it’s been weeks since Annika came here. She just gives her lessons and comes back to look after Astrid, according to what the Nature pupils tell me.”

Lasgol was suddenly nervous. What did this mean? Was something wrong with Astrid? Fearing the worst, he dressed as fast as he could and ran to meet Annika. Everyone in the cave looked at him in surprise as he crossed the hall at a run.

“What’s the matter, Ma’am?”

“Come with me,” Annika said, and turned to go back into the Cave of Autumn. Lasgol went after her with his heart in his mouth.

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