The Golden Staff by Michael Dalton

Author:Michael Dalton [Dalton, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction
Published: 2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

We had to wait about an hour before it was dark and the park finally cleared.

“What now?” Merindra asked.

“We need to get her free. I’m not sure how.”

“I could try to break the chains.”

“Do you think that would work?”

“What else is there?”

“Okay. Try it.”

She stripped out of her clothes, then dove into the water. I watched as she swam around, looking for a rock to use. She came up for air, then went down again. She’d found something and started to smack it against the chains. After a couple of blows, she seemed to crack one of the chain links, but it didn’t come free. She resurfaced.

“Give me my knife.”

Kisarat tossed it to her. She went back down. It looked as if the chain links were reinforced, and she had to saw at the shattered remnants of it. But after about ten seconds, she got through it.

She came back up, gasping for breath.

“I got it.”

“I saw. Good girl.”

Merindra went back down. She cracked open another link on the other side, then came up for air. After a few deep breaths, she went back down. I watched her sawing through the fibers reinforcing the chain link, then it came free. She and Feylani came up to the surface.

Feylani let out a gasp like nothing I’d ever heard. Merindra went to her, supporting her. She swam to the edge of the river, pulling Feylani with her. Kisarat and I dragged her up onto the stone of the sidewalk.

It was several long moments before Feylani could speak.

“Thank you.”

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