Teeth of the Gods by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2018-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three: Ring Around the Heavens

“Ring around the heavens...”

An’alepp sat behind me, in Ra’shara but fully visible, singing her annoying song as I held on for dear life.

“Either lend a hand or shut up!” I said. It was all I could do to hold on. Out of the corner of my eye I saw flickers of Amandera’s palanquin, and when she arrived I knew she’d bathe me in pain like always. How close did she need to get to do that to me?

“You could try unweaving something,” An’alepp said before settling back into her song. “Ring for when the earth bends, Ring for when the mother ends, follow, follow, follow it home.”

“Unweaving what? I need the tether or he’ll fall under the elephant’s feet.” I couldn’t do that to Rusk.

“Gravity?” An’alepp asked.

“Very helpful.”

The earth began its shaking, like it had so often of late. Great, as if we didn’t have enough on our plates. Alsoon trumpeted in fear, veering hard to the left as my breath hitched in my throat. I was making little panicking sounds with every breath. No way out. There was no way out of this. Rusk was going to fall and I’d tumble right after him and be trampled to death.

“Rusk!” I yelled, my fear rising with Alsoon’s. If I could see his face I’m sure I’d see his glassy eyes rolling in fear. My stomach was tied in a tight knot and I was having trouble absorbing everything around me. Foes pursued us. Clanging, yelling, roaring and trumpeting filled the air. I didn’t dare look. Somewhere Jakinda either fought or died, alongside my other armsmen. Had my freedom been worth the price of her life? Of Alsoon’s? I shivered.

The tether was tugging harder. Had Rusk caught on something? He still hadn’t called out. He must be hanging limply from the tether. In desperation, I reached out to the Common, looking to see the weaving here that was so easy to see in Ra’shara. Ra’shara overlaid the real world and I was seeing them both at once, the tiny, invisible threads just barely visible now. On instinct, I reached towards one, gripping it hard and tugging. It came loose, fighting and jerking in my mental grip. Knowing what I was trying to do didn’t make things any easier.

I was focussed so intently on what I was doing that it took a moment to realize the weight had eased off of my hand. Rusk! There was the sound of clanging steel on steel. Had our tether broken? I whipped my head to the side.

He was behind me, gripping the padding on Alsoon’s back with one hand while he fought an enemy with the other. He’d climbed up! We had a chance! My eyes widened, but in my moment of lapsed concentration the thread became slippery. I clawed at it with my mind as it slipped slowly, but certainly, away from my grasp.

“Surrender and I will let your san’lelion live, Tylira!” Amandera’s voice rang like the horns that had started this race.

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