The Fires of Starpoint Mountain by Bill Albert

Author:Bill Albert [Albert, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781794803756
Published: 2019-12-21T07:00:00+00:00

Lincilara’s glow increased immeasurably and they followed her easily. There were two more strings that surpassed them, and more books caught on fire. This time the library trembled so fast Blinks and Angelia fell to the ground.

“It’s just over there,” Lincilara call to them. I can see the stairs!”

Angelia helped Blinks to his feet and they ran knowing Marassa was above and behind them. They got to the first step when there were two explosions behind them as to fire strings struck nearby shelves. The entire floor lurched and they both stumbled head over heels down the stairs.

Angelia hit the bottom step hard and called for help. Blinks scrambled over to help her rise well Lincilara felt herself above her to deflect any attacks.

There was a mad, while scream at Marassa was at the top of the stairs. She smiled maniacally at them and flicked her silver tip wand at them twice. The fire string is shut towards Blinks and Angelia, they looked back to prevent their faces from being burned.

When they felt nothing, but heard Marassa scream and despair, they quickly looked at each other then back up the stairs. Marassa fired two more fire string is at them but both strings passed into the shadow at the bottom of the stairs and disappeared. She fired again and the strings also were absorbed by the shadows.

Marassa stumbled down the stairs and started casting the fire strings in every direction. Like a type coming in shadows were flooding in around her. She took two steps downward sending for fire strings and directions at random. Each string was quickly absorbed into the darkness and she frantically began swinging the wand and trying to send more. At one point, she extended an arm into the darkness to try and chase it away. She struggled as if something in the shadow, or maybe even the shadow itself, had grabbed her arm. Suddenly her hand jerked back with a splintered wand burning as bright as any of Jakobus’s torches. She dropped the burning cinder and turned to go back up but there were no stairs above her. There was just an angry darkness. She took a step downwards and lurched forward headfirst. There were no stairs this way either and she fell forward into the bed of shadows. Her screen vanished as quickly as she did.

There was absolute silence around them. There was no moaning, no shrieking, just the smell of burnt books everywhere.

Blinks and Angelia slowly rose. They moved carefully and made sure they stayed away from both the books and the shelves. Lincilara fluttered down and landed on Blinks his shoulder.

“Where did she go?” Lincilara asked. In the silence that surrounded them her thin voice seemed incredibly clear and loud.

“I don’t know,” Blinks admitted.

“The lights are coming back on,” Angelia said with relief.

Slowly, steadily, light was returning to the library. The light intensified until it was back to normal. There was still no sign of a light source, but it was spread evenly across the library and there were no shadows on the books.

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