The Djinn (The Order of the Knightshades Book 1) by Holloway J. Kent

Author:Holloway, J. Kent [Holloway, J. Kent]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Seven Realms Publishing
Published: 2012-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

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The battle had cost the Djinn precious time, as well as blood. Although the injuries he’d sustained did not cause him pain, he felt faint. Too much of his blood had been spilled and a gray haze began to cloud the corners of his vision. The sun would undoubtedly be rising soon, effectively blocking all exits from the city…but unless he found a place to rest and recoup from blood loss, it wouldn’t matter.

Following the glowing mark on the eastern wall, he shuffled clumsily down a darkened corridor. One more thing needed doing before he could take refuge among the shadows of the maze of tunnels—he had to find what he had come for. He had to find the Library. Find the Sefer Yetzirah…the Book of Creation. Nothing else mattered.

Even though he’d managed to secure the ring that was given to Solomon by, according to the legends, an actual djinn named Aandaleeb, the scroll might contain some secret to creating the golems that would allow Gregory to make his army in another way. He couldn’t take the chance. Unless he found the manuscript, the people of the Outremer would never be safe.

Stopping, he quickly dressed his wounds and listened for signs of pursuit. Confident that he was truly alone, he reached into the pouch around his waist and pulled out a piece of cloth that shined with the same green glow he’d had Samuel use for the wall marking and wrapped it around a piece of wood he’d taken from the Vault. The illumination was minimal, but it gave off enough light to allow him to proceed.

Taking a deep breath, he pushed on and despite his injuries, he moved with amazing speed. He had spent days studying the plans and diagrams of the tunnels that the baron’s slaves had made. After close scrutiny of the maps and a careful examination of Isabella’s medallion, the Djinn had discovered the most plausible location where Solomon’s prized Library should have been hidden.

It had actually been a stroke of luck—or perhaps providence—that all the sentries had been drawn into one place at one time. Then, it was only a matter of shrouding them in darkness and taking them out all at once.

It had all worked out fairly well. If he didn’t think too much about the blood soaking into the bandages around his leg and shoulder.

He stumbled eastward until he came to a fork. One way supposedly led to an underground river that opened up into a small pool on the outside of the city walls. The other led to a secondary Hub, its webbing of passages splaying out in all directions for countless miles. It was the tunnel with the water he wanted. He chose the left one.

As he marched, he reflected on the medallion Isabella had given him. It had been the key, quite literally, and Gregory had missed it. The answer had been in front of the baron all this time, but he had failed to see the importance of a single chip of ruby embedded in the piece.

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