The Sufferer's Chronicle - Book 1: The Soul Prison by Derek Hampton

Author:Derek Hampton [Hampton, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-10-27T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The group had a rough night. After not being able to find a well hidden place, they camped near a tree growing behind a large rock. The only one with a decent amount of rest was Dedricus, who stayed at Kasyra’s side. Ari had healed her wound, but she seemed restless the whole night.

After she finally passed out, the mercenary laid down to get what little rest he could. By the time he awoke, she was gone and the Elf was cooking breakfast over a small fire. The air was warm and the sun beat down hard on them.

“Where’s Kasyra?” Dedricus asked as he shoved himself off the ground and stretched.

“She went to change. She seemed a little better.”

“What happened at Amberbrook?” he asked the Elf, walking over and standing before him in an intimidating fashion.

“I did say I’d explain, didn’t I?”

“You did. Tell me what’s going on. Why did Ravious’ men attack us there?”

With a long and heavy sigh, Ari flipped the egg had had been cooking and pulled his bag closer to him. He rummaged around the leather sack and revealed a tiny brass-colored cube. Dedricus focused his eyes before pulling away.

“The Soul Prison? You brought the Soul Prison?! Why?”

“Why? Because I don’t trust leaving this thing in anyone’s hands but my own.”

“Are you crazy?”

“I don’t think so; I believe myself to be rather sane.”

“Oh, shut up. What was wrong with leaving it back at Boranath? With Andrew? Kasyra got stabbed over that thing!”

“It’s possible. It’s also possible that they recognized her. Especially the way Thogar was creeping on her. It's no surprise Black Garde were parked nearby.”

Dedricus grunted and crossed his arms, irate with the Half-Elf. It was entirely possible, too, that Thogar could sense her abilities as Ravious had.

“Still doesn't explain why they came banging down on my door.”

“Does it really not? Thogar saw us all together.”

“And, wait a minute. What are the Black Garde even doing. Ravious has to be long dead by now. You think they're still playing towards the relic? Do you think he survived...”

“I don’t know. I do know Blackholm is still occupied by his forces, but there’s no way he lived. No. Not at all. When that portal reopened, it should have exposed the void that the prison existed within to our plane. He’d be torn apart from the pressure.”

“Gross. Look, it's fine. I just don't get it, why bring that thing at all?” he said, quieting his voice.

“I was going to get to that… We found it in a Nienilef prison. Why wouldn't we find more information at Droja?”

“Correct me if I'm wrong, but you said the books and stuff you got from Ravious didn't have anything to do with it.”

“Correct.”

“Then why bother? This thing has only given us trouble.”

“It could be a useless trinket. It could be a superweapon, like Ravious said it is. None of us will know for sure, not until we go to the Nienilef city and see for ourselves.”

“That place is huge! What if we find nothing?”

“At least we searched for the answer.

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