The Soul Stealer (12) by Alex Archer

Author:Alex Archer [Archer, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-12T07:00:00+00:00

Annja sighed. Staying down in the dark with the body of Khosadam didn’t make her feel comfortable at all. She had no idea exactly what it was they were dealing with. She’d seen enough bad horror flicks to know that creatures usually came back to life, even when they were supposed to be very dead.

“Clear,” Gregor said as he moved higher up the staircase.

Annja watched him work. He dragged his right leg on to each stair as the other braced most of his weight. The beast had hurt him fairly badly.

She glanced back down the tunnel. The dim light seemed to have waned since the battle with the creature. Darkness bled into the tunnel they were in, blotting out features and anything Annja could use as a reference point.

“It’s getting darker,” she said without even thinking.

“What?”

She turned. Gregor had paused in his work and was now looking at her intently. “What did you say?”

“It seems like it’s getting darker.”

Gregor looked away from the stairs, paused, and then frowned. “Looks the same to me.” He turned back to the stairs and flashed the light under another tread.

Annja stared down the tunnel. She could almost picture the body of Khosadam starting to twitch back in the root cellar. She could imagine it stirring as the evil that had lived in it came back to life, making the beast shudder and sit upright. Then it would give a gasp, get to its feet and start for the door.

Annja closed her eyes. The sword hovered in front of her.

She took a deep breath. “I’ll be right back.”

“Where are you going?” Gregor asked, alarmed.

“I need to see something.”

“Annja—”

But she was already moving back down the tunnel toward the root cellar. As she did, the darkness around her grew deeper. Annja’s heartbeat hammered again. I won’t be able to use the sword until I get back into the cellar, she thought. I’ll have to be quick about it.

Her footsteps sounded quiet on the dirt floor, but Annja was sure anyone would be able to hear her heart thundering.

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