The Awakening (The Eternal Flame Book 1) by SE Naumann

Author:SE Naumann [Naumann, SE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Asena

“Ase,” Kyllan said, his voice almost a whisper. “Come on, Ase, we’ve got to get moving if we want to make good time.”

I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. Stretching my arms above my head, I looked around. The two groups of vilande had become a huddled heap of curled bodies during the night. No doubt using each other’s body heat to stay warm. I got to my feet and quickly stretched my legs in a side lunge pose. Kyllan smirked at me but said nothing. I’d never hear the end of this one.

We crept over to the tunnels and I pointed to the left one but Kyllan shook his head, pointing to the one at the far right.

“Remember the tale of the original Awakening?” He asked in a hushed tone. “They took this tunnel to get through.”

“And who’s to say these don’t all lead to the same place?” I asked, keeping my voice no higher than a whisper.

He scowled at me in response and hauled himself up into the mouth of the right tunnel. I let out a sigh and ambled over to the tunnel, lifting my bag up and placing it in the entrance. He leaned forward slightly on his knees, bracing a hand against the cave floor and reaching the other out to me. I grasped hold of it and hoisted myself up.

“Thanks for the lift,” I said grumpily, still exhausted from yesterday’s events.

We hesitated before moving through the tunnel, the walls around us trembling as we went. Dirt and stone shook loose from the walls as the tunnel began to change shape, the top dropping rapidly. I let out a scream and began running back the way we came, the canteens in my bag clanging together loudly. Kyllan’s footsteps thundered behind me, I cast a glance back at him and saw the cave in behind us. The tunnel shrank faster as we ran, growing smaller and smaller until we were forced to dive flat on our stomachs. My bag crashed to the floor and I let out a painful groan as I fell on top of it. Then it stopped. Staying just big enough for us to crawl through on our bellies.

“Ase, you okay up there?” Kyllan called behind me.

“Yea. Just thankful we didn’t get pancaked by my father’s magik,” I said breathlessly.

He let out a low laugh. “Thank the Crystal for that. Can you move at all?”

I wiggled back and forth a bit, bringing my arms up and pulled myself forward. “A little, yea. Let’s see if we can make it back. Then I guess we’ll take the left side tunnel.”

“I’m following you, love,” he said.

The sleeve of my leathers scraped along the rough floor of the cave tunnel and I was immensely thankful for the barrier between it and my skin. The last thing I needed was to have dirt covered scraps and cuts to worry about. We crawled along for several more minutes until we finally reached the beginning of the tunnel.

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