THE REAPER'S SCYTHE: THE LOCI CHRONICLES BOOK 1 by L P PATERSON

Author:L P PATERSON [PATERSON, L P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

I turned. On the path along the river I could see shadows oozing from the verge and in the middle of the path stood the Necromancer. Nero. His arms still held high after releasing the silver arrow. I felt my heart thumping inside my chest and my hands felt clammy. My breath came in short gasps as I struggled to breathe. This man had tried to manipulate my mind a few hours earlier. My face was still sore where his fist had connected with it in the car park. I felt myself backing up as my feet instinctively moved to put distance between me and this threat.

"Get into the water Audrey." I heard Cymon command.

I knew that Cymon was trying to get me away from any possible harm. I also knew that the river was the only option for this. But the other thing that I knew was that the river was dirty and stunk, plus if I got in, I knew with absolute certainty that I would drown and die! And it would not be a vision like earlier in the time sphere. There was no way that I was getting in. I would fight or run but I was not getting in that river. No way.

"You got to get in the water Cymon." I turned to see Kyra bobbing in the water. Her face drawn in anguish. I also noted that her concern related only to Cymon.

"Yeah Cymon. Get in the water." This time Myra sent out the plea for Cymon to think about his safety.

The shadows crept closer and as I had seen them do before they started to clump together to take vague human like shape. The necromancer raised his bow and turned to face us. His long face pale and his mouth stretched to reveal sharp long teeth. I backed up some more but I was at the edge of the path and almost in the river. I turned to Cymon who was already facing me. I looked behind me where I could see more shadows forming.

"You need to get in the river Audrey." he said. "It's the only-"

The only what? I looked at Cymon as his mouth still hung open slightly and his eyes opened just that little bit wider. His body tensed as he lowered his head to look down. I followed his gaze and saw the tip of a silver arrow protruding from Cymon's chest.

"No." I stuttered. "No. No. No." This could not be happening. This was not fair. I heard a chuckling coming from the path and looked up beyond Cymon to see the satisfied smug look on Nero's face. The shadow wraiths seemed to be waiting. He controlled them.

"Cymon!" I heard the scream come from the water. The maidens were frantically splashing and I couldn't tell which one had screamed or if they all had. I watched him stagger backwards to the edge of the river bank. He held out a hand as if beckoning for me to follow, before falling into the water.

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