Summoner 8 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Erin!” I shouted into the blizzard’s wind.

The valley around us was covered in a thick blanket of snow, and I could see no hint of her in the white expanse. I shouldered through the swath of snow hoping to run into something, anything, but it was just white powder and debris.

Suddenly, a sizzling hole melted through the top crust of the snow. Erin’s hand poked through, and her fingertips were still coated in metal. I let the bullet bass protection drop, and I stumbled through the thick snow as I ran to her.

The warm glow of a fire spell melted the snow around her, and I pushed my way over to the sizzling hole before I seized her hand and heaved. I managed to pull her out with effort, and slushy, half-melted snow spilled from her head and shoulders as she climbed from the hole.

Erin emerged with a wild-eyed look on her face, and her hair and eyelashes were frosted with the cold. She looked free from injury otherwise, and she broke into a relieved smile when she saw me.

“Oh, Gryff,” she cried as she surged forward and wrapped her arms around me. “I was so worried about you.”

“You were worried about me?” I asked with incredulity. “I was worried about you. Besides, my bullet bass would’ve stopped protecting you if I died.”

“I just wasn’t sure,” she burst out as water welled in her eyes. “What if you were hurt, or … “

“We’re both fine,” I assured her, and I gave her a tight hug.

She gripped me back just as hard as we both recovered from our scare. When I pulled back, she ducked forward and kissed me briefly on the lips.

There was no transfer of mana, this time. Just Erin, me, and the snow that swirled around us. She was warm and flushed with adrenaline, and I was just as keyed up with the fear of losing her.

We broke apart, and she looked at me with soft, amber eyes.

“The others are alright?” she asked me, but there wasn’t much of a question in her voice.

“If we both think we saw them escape the avalanche,” I answered, “I’m sure they’re fine.”

“Good,” Erin breathed. “I hope they won’t worry about us.”

“I’m sure they will,” I replied as I peered blindly into the swirling storm overhead. “I just hope they don’t do anything stupid trying to help us.”

“Don’t we kinda need help?” Erin questioned as she leaned into my shoulder.

“Maybe,” I admitted, “but we’ll have to make do. Usually, I’d just summon my pyrewyrm and fly us out, but in this weather … “

“We’d be more likely to fall off and die than make it back to the mountaintop,” Erin confirmed. “Cinder Mountain was too treacherous for us to fly up to begin with, so we shouldn’t start now.”

“Right,” I said. “So, all we have is ourselves and our own two feet.”

“Do we know which way Svellfrer’s Rest is?” Erin asked as she spun slowly to look around.

“I can’t say for sure,” I responded as I waved a hand behind us.

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