The Dagda's Cauldron by M. C. Cairns

Author:M. C. Cairns [Cairns, M. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cairns Publishing
Published: 2017-11-18T05:00:00+00:00

16

The Reaper

B

RIANNE STOOD IN THE MIDDLE of the clearing and yelled after Alayna’s disappearing back. "What am I supposed to do now?" She looked around and added to herself, "Now that I am completely alone, in a strange place, with no idea how to get out." Before she could answer herself, a loud crash in the woods behind her made her jump. She snatched her backpack from under the tree and ran into the cave. Her heart pounded in her ears, making it impossible to hear any sounds outside the cave. She searched the clearing left to right and right to left with unblinking eyes, but their voices reached her before they came into view.

"Something must have gone wrong. They should have been here a long time ago." She recognized that deep voice. It was Mack.

"We won't wait forever," said a booming voice. "We could get some pay from the dark faeries if we bring you instead."

"Just hold on! They should be here. Give me some time to figure this out." Mack sounded and looked desperate as he and the trolls entered the clearing. Brianne could barely see them in the sliver of light remaining from the disappearing sun.

Brianne scowled. Why is he leading the trolls to us? He wouldn't really betray us, would he? She concentrated and pushed flames to her fingertips. When the trolls were both completely in her line of sight, she began hurling flaming rockets at them. She missed with the first three, but then one landed on the upper arm of one of the trolls. Payback, sucker. She was about to throw another one when Mack appeared in the mouth of the cave.

"Get out of the way! I'm starting to get the hang of this." She moved past him and shot two more fireballs toward the trolls. They stomped toward the cave, the ground shaking beneath them, and swiped blindly in the darkness. She managed to jump back just in time to avoid a matching set of gashes on her other arm.

Mack ran between them and yelled, "Stop! All of you, stop!" He blocked Brianne from throwing another fireball. "They are on our side now. Well, not really on our side, but working for us."

"But they said they would take you to the dark faeries." Her hands were still flaming and her eyes burned with rage.

"Only if we didn't find you guys. Wait, where's Alayna?" Mack squinted and looked around the cave.

"Long story. I have a feeling the trolls will want to know you found me. Let's go out there and I will tell you everything." She extinguished the magic in her hands, grabbed her bag and walked into the clearing her hands up in surrender. "Hey! I'm here. Mack says you guys are working for us now. Is that true?"

The trolls grunted and nodded their heads. One of them tried to look behind her. "Where is the other one?"

Brianne sighed and dropped her arms, her hands slapping her leg as she rushed through her explanation.

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