The Chronicles of Starlyn (Calthoria Chronicles Book 1) by Craig A Price Jr

Author:Craig A Price Jr [Price Jr, Craig A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Claymore Publishing
Published: 2016-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

After Starlyn entered the clearing, she retched. A gorge of acid traveled from her stomach to her chest, burning her throat and turning her mouth sour. Never before had she seen such a revolting sight. There didn’t appear to be any survivors, and they were left where slaughtered. A few hundred draeyks were stacked high and burning, but the kheshlars remained untouched. Their blood stained the snow crimson.

“This is barbaric,” Starlyn whispered.

“Yes … quite revolting. As I said … a war is coming. You are but a few … these were hundreds. You don’t stand a chance,” Shronan said.

“You may be right, mage.” Vil’ek’s lip curled as he stared at the trampled bodies.

“We should turn back before this becomes us,” Shronan said.

“Not yet,” Starlyn said. “We need to search for survivors.”

“In this?” Vil’ek asked.

“Even if there is only one, it is a life we can save. Start searching,” Starlyn said.

“Okay, but let’s not dawdle here long,” Shronan said.

Starlyn rummaged through piles of limp bodies. It brought bile from her stomach, but she didn’t give up. There had to be at least one survivor. She couldn’t believe they were all dead. She shivered as she went through the bodies. They appeared strange to her, unlike anyone she’d ever seen.

She studied their ears, which were significantly smaller than her own, and rounded at the bottom. Her own ears had a sharp edge on top and bottom. It had been obvious they were kheshlars, but they were different from her kin. Their green skin blended with the trees much better than Starlyn’s light blue.

“They are so different,” Starlyn said.

“They are alike in many ways, but yes … they are different from you,” Shronan said.

“My whole life I’ve wondered if we’d ever find them,” Starlyn said.

“I appears you have, though, not in the way you might have liked. I’m sure there would be many questions for their disappearance. I met the wood kheshlars once, they helped fight the dragons. Very sincere people.” Shronan brushed his hand through his long hair.

“We have to keep searching. There has to be at least one alive,” Starlyn said.

“Don’t stretch your faith, but I hope you’re right,” Shronan said.

She stormed through the massacre, rolling over body after body to check for life. Nothing breathed. She hoped the draeyks weren’t nearby. She prayed her sister hadn’t been with them or a part of the massacre. Surely her sister couldn’t be that cruel, no, not Arria.

There weren’t any weapons on the field. She wondered if the kheshlars didn’t have weapons, or were caught unaware. Vultures circled above them. Most of the bodies were in the center of the small clearing. Only a few littered the outskirts. Starlyn had been afraid to call out for survivors because she didn’t know how close the draeyks might be. She nudged each body with her foot as she passed. She grew tired of turning them over to see pale, lifeless faces. No sign of life existed anywhere.

Starlyn stopped at the edge of the clearing, closing her eyes.

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