Scrolls Of Vengeance 1 - The Magic Thieves by Serena Yates

Author:Serena Yates [Yates, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

* * * * Kaythan twitched when the crackling tension travelled along his skin. It pinched and tweaked, making him feel jittery. All the little hairs on his body, especially those at the nape of his neck, stood up. What was going on? Was someone trying to shock him awake by using electricity on him?

His eyes flew open. He'd fallen asleep? Crap!

After they'd finished their task with the fire magic, surely they were supposed to have been transported into the fifth chamber of the temple of Tah'Muyd to obtain the last part of the Magic Key? But he couldn't seem to remember anything after Elryk had absorbed the little flame and all it held, and they'd fallen asleep in the fire imp's cave.

He must have missed the transportation itself. He snorted. A fine bodyguard for his mate he was turning out to be, falling asleep on the job. This cold darkness certainly neither felt nor looked as if there was any warmth close by. So they must have been transported somewhere while they were sleeping.

Just having awoken, his eyes had no trouble with the low light levels. There were skeletal remains of trees that looked like skinny ghosts reaching for the sky with long, scraggly arms. The charred and burned-looking bushes made him feel uneasy, and the only things available in abundance were rocks and large boulders strewn across the desolate landscape. There were some hills and high mountains in the east, and a flat expanse of what might have been jungle or grassland stretched to the horizon in all other directions.

Dark clouds rolled overhead, covering most of the sunlight, and an ice cold wind was blowing from what seemed like everywhere, changing direction every few seconds. What looked like the mother of all thunderstorms was approaching from the west. It seemed about ready to break. The very air around him felt tense and decidedly uncomfortable.

Elryk was still asleep, snuggled against him. His mate's breath was shallow and fast. An occasional shudder went through his body. Kaythan knew the other man probably needed to rest as much as he did, but neither of them had that luxury right now. He put a hand on Elryk's shoulder and carefully shook him awake. They couldn't afford to lose more time than they already had. Who knew how much further the Xoh'kas had gotten in their attempt to sabotage them finding all the pieces of the Muyd'Zel while they'd slept?

"What? Where?" Elryk sat up with a start, clinging to Kaythan's arm and looking around him in a near panic.

"Shhh, it's okay." Kaythan stroked the back of Elryk's head while holding him close to his chest. "I don't think we were supposed to fall asleep, but we both did. It looks like we're in a new chamber, but I have no clue whether we're in the right place. It looks very remote and quiet strangely empty and completely desolate. No evidence of a guardian so far either."

Elryk's dark eyes widened as he looked around more slowly to examine their new environment.

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