Rain Dancer (Vanderbrook Champions Book 2) by Edmund Hughes

Author:Edmund Hughes [Hughes, Edmund]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

Malcolm moved through Underworld as stealthily as he could, staying crouched as he moved across the wall of the main chamber. Most of the Awakened Children had gone off to do something else, giving him more leeway than he would have otherwise had.

He only cared about one thing: finding Rose and getting out. They’d spent too much time amongst the cult for his liking. If he and Rose could find a way to liberate Leah while they were at it, all the better. But first and foremost, Malcolm needed to get Rose and himself to safety.

I need to find her. That’s the only thing I care about, right now.

Malcolm took a slow breath, remembering everything Shield Maiden had told him about using the wind to listen. It was far from easy, knowing that he could be interrupted at any time, but he forced himself to calm down and empty his mind.

Reaching out for the wind, Malcolm felt for small disturbances in it, first nearby, and then pushing outward into the many hallways and chambers of the facility. It felt a bit like putting water into a bowl, the inside surface area slowly being covered as it filled up.

“It will be our little secret,” said Rain Dancer, in a deep, soft voice. “Nobody else needs to know.”

Malcolm gritted his teeth, immediately losing focus. Luckily, he was able to discern direction from just those few words. He hurried down the hallway toward where Rain Dancer’s voice had come from, cushioning his steps with the wind to silence his movement.

It was the same hallway Rain Dancer and Shield Maiden had imprisoned him and Rose in originally. Malcolm paused before one of the doors, which was open a crack. He carefully leaned out just far enough to catch a glimpse of what was inside.

A teenage boy, nor more than thirteen or fourteen, sat on the cell’s concrete floor. Rain Dancer towered over the boy with a stern expression on his face, waiting for something.

“I told you, I don’t know,” said the boy, in a soft, high pitched voice. “I only just discovered my… my gift.”

“There were other champions with you,” said Rain Dancer. “Who were they?”

“Melt…” whispered the boy. “And the other one was… Greenthumb, I think.”

Malcolm recognized the names. Melt and Greenthumb were two field champions who had paid him a visit shortly after he’d joined the Champion Authority. They’d been looking for Rose, and at the time, she’d been hiding in his apartment. It had taken Malcolm a while to assuage their suspicions, but somehow, he’d managed it.

I guess they also find and locate the newly gifted, probably to train as champions.

“Come clean,” said Rain Dancer. “I can tell that you’re lying. Tell me what you know of the local champions, or things are going to stop being fun for you, you know.”

“I swear I don’t know anything!” cried the boy. “Please! I don’t know! I’ve never seen their base. They didn’t tell me where we were going. I was just

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