Soul of the Blade by Brenda J. Pierson

Author:Brenda J. Pierson [Pierson, Brenda J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Incandescent Phoenix Books
Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

20

Their steps resounded like thunderclaps, as if every echo that hadn’t sounded before had been saved up for this. There was no way anyone would be allowed to sneak into the sanctuary the Entana had carved into Saydee’s mind.

Raeb looked to Saydee, but she wasn’t beside him anymore. She hadn’t followed them into the Entana sanctuary, and he couldn’t blame her. It was dangerous enough for her in the environment of her choosing. To walk into the Entana stronghold would be begging to become fully -taken.

“So once we get to the Entana,” Aeo whispered, pausing as his words echoed back to him, “what do we do?”

“I need to confirm it’s keeping Saydee asleep, and convince it to let her wake.”

“How?”

Raeb shook his head. Even if he did know how he would do this, he didn’t want to say. The Entana were likely listening to them. Maybe, if he worked things right, the Entana would slip and give away something important. The less they were prepared for him, the better.

They walked and walked without a single change in their surroundings. The hallway was the same as it had always been, and there was no sign of the end in sight. From the look of things, they may as well have not moved at all.

“Where is it?” Aeo asked, his voice reverberating through Raeb’s bones.

When the echoes died, a deep, rumbling sound answered him. Raeb couldn’t figure out where it came from, but he knew what it was. It was the laughter of an Entana.

Aeo drew in a breath to shout again, but Raeb silenced him with an outstretched hand. It was never a good thing when the Entana laughed. In his experience, it usually meant he’d overlooked something and was now at the mercy of the pitiless creature.

Well, if the Entana was up to something, he might as well go for broke. “Show yourself!” he demanded.

“The mortal tried to command us,” the Entana chuckled. “As if any creature so frail could possibly do so.”

Raeb looked over at Aeo, who was still crouched in a battle stance and looking around for the Entana. “Can you hear it?” he mouthed.

Aeo shook his head.

Raeb had been afraid of that. Without an Entana of his own, Aeo’s mind wouldn’t be capable of understanding their slithering speech.

“You have brought me a lovely gift,” the Entana said. “The spirit of the cursed blades will make a fine meal indeed.”

“It might not digest well,” he replied. “He’s a bit prickly going down.”

“Perhaps I should just kill him, then?”

Raeb took a small step sideways, putting himself in front of Aeo. “This spirit is under my protection. You will not hurt him.”

“You do not understand what you deal with, mortal.”

“I understand perfectly, you vile parasite. And I am not just any mortal,” he said, brandishing Sunray, “I am the blade-bearer, appointed by the Keeper of Secrets. You will obey me. Now show yourself.”

Once, deep in the wilderness of Taron, Raeb had encountered a half-disemboweled boar. It had been lying, dead, in the humid summer air for days at least.

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