Richard S Tuttle - Forgotten Legacy 05 by Island of Darkness

Author:Island of Darkness
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-12-16T12:47:58+00:00

Chapter 22

Visit to Gatong

The four elves huddled in the small cave near the mine where Eltor was rescued. MistyTrail cast another healing spell on Caldal, and he opened his eyes and stared into MistyTrail’s face.

“Who are you?” Caldal asked with apprehension.

Eltor slid swiftly across the floor of the tiny cave until he was at Caldal’s side.

“She is a friend,” smiled Eltor as he reached out and grasped Caldal’s hand. “Her name is MistyTrail. We were afraid that you would not recover.”

“I have no right to recover,” groaned Caldal as he struggled to sit up. “How did you get me out of the Chamber of Horrors?”

“I assume that is what you call the place where you were held captive?” interjected Mistake as she moved closer to the wounded elf. “I am Mistake. The three of us snuck into the temple and rescued you.”

“I must be still dreaming,” Caldal said as he closed his eyes and reopened them. “Nobody returns from the Chamber of Horrors.”

“You are not nobody,” grinned Eltor. “I told Mistake and MistyTrail that I would not leave this island without you. They promised to rescue you, and here we are.”

“Just where are we?” asked Caldal as he tried to peer further into the darkness.

“We are in a small cave,” answered MistyTrail as she cast another healing spell. “It connects to a mine. That is how we found Eltor. We rescued him from the mine.”

“This makes no sense to me,” frowned Caldal. “How can you go around rescuing elves? Why are you not in the mines or the temple? How is it that you are free?”

“They are not from this island,” explained Eltor. “I know this is confusing to you as it was to me, but I will explain. Their ship crashed off the coast of the island. Somehow they managed to get ashore without being detected. They hid in this cave and accidentally discovered the mine that connects to it. When they saw me, they decided to rescue me. I demanded to rescue you before we fled this island.”

“Flee?” croaked Caldal. “We tried that once already. I will not dare it again. I will never return to the Chamber of Horrors. I would rather die in this cave.”

“That is the gratitude we get for risking our lives?” scowled Mistake. “We rescued you, and we are taking you away from here. I will not hear any more about this Chamber of Horrors. It didn’t seem like anything more than a prison to me.”

“A prison?” retorted Caldal. “You could not be further from the truth. You have no idea what goes on in that room.”

“Tell us,” MistyTrail said soothingly. “It would be good to get it out of your system. There is nothing worse than harboring your fears deep inside you. Tell us all about it.”

Mistake frowned, but Eltor nodded encouragingly. Caldal swallowed hard and nodded almost imperceptibly.

“I do not know if I can adequately describe what causes the fear,” Caldal said softly. “It was not any one thing, but a combination of things that tore your soul from its body.

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