The Shadows of Starpoint Mountain by Bill Albert

Author:Bill Albert [Albert, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781435704862
Publisher: Bill Albert
Published: 2010-01-07T07:00:00+00:00

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As Gallif fought her way to consciousness she slowly took stock of her own body. She was glad that she felt no pain, but she suspected, by the angle of her foot, that her ankle may have been sprained or even broken when she’d landed. The healing cast on the armor had repaired any damage and she slowly rolled it to a more comfortable position.

She also knew that she had been sick again and was relieved that she was on her side so the bile had dropped out of her mouth, but she could still taste it on her lips. She shifted her weight enough to roll onto her back. She finally took a deep breath and could tell by the stale air she was still underground. She listened intently but picked up no sign of movement around her and she felt comfortable that she could take her time and recover.

She opened her eyes slowly and blinked upwards. She felt lightheaded so she closed them again and took another deep breath trying to bring things in to focus. Despite what her hearing and breathing had told her she was thinking she may be outside. There had definitely been points of light above her that, with her blurred vision, looked like a night sky.

She swallowed carefully and, when she was sure her stomach was steady, opened her eyes again. In the blur she could see white stars, red stars, and even blue stars and when they started to circle above her, she let her eyes close.

How could there be stars? They had been deep inside the mountain when she had been ambushed by Marassa and there was no way she could have slid far enough to be outside. She wondered if Jakobus, Blinks and Luvin had actually rescued her but knew that they would not have then left her outside alone. Was there any other way to find out what was going on?

She braced herself and opened her eyes this time forcing them to stay open until they focused on where she was. As her sight cleared the number of lights dropped and as the images sharpened their blinking stopped. She blinked several times to make sure she was seeing correctly. Embedded in the green rock ceiling above her were a countless number of focus and casting stones. She could see the usual red and orange colors but there were also a large portion of blue stones and a few larger white ones made brighter by the green color of this mountain range.

“White?” she asked and propped herself up on her elbows. No one had ever seen white ones before. She looked around and found there were hundreds more scattered on the floor surrounding her. She lightly swept the floor with her hands and picked up several of the stones at random. She sat up and examined the bounty and found some dull, lightless stones mixed in as well. She was surprised to find that one stone had been shattered in half with the inner part perfectly smooth and the outer the usual jagged edge.

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