The Undying Champions (The Eternal War Book 1) by Brennan C. Adams

Author:Brennan C. Adams [Adams, Brennan C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dual Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-06-15T23:00:00+00:00

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Waking up restrained was not an enjoyable experience, especially after whatever unpleasantness he’d just experienced in the waking world. He thrashed against the bindings around his hands and kicked his uselessly dangling legs into thin air.

“Raimie, stop!” Nylion’s strangled voice cut through the panic. “You will knock us off!”

He stilled and looked down apprehensively. Raimie dangled from Nylion’s back about one-third of the way up the well’s wall. They weren’t high enough that a fall would be fatal, but it would most definitely hurt.

Nylion clung to the black surface, fingertips and the toes of his boots engulfed by black. Raimie could feel his friend’s arms trembling from exertion through the shoulders he hung from.

“This is your idea?” he hissed fearfully.

“I am open to suggestions if you have any to contribute,” Nylion gasped, carefully releasing one hand’s grip on the wall.

He tugged on Raimie’s bound hands, and with the young man’s help, repositioned the arms around his shoulders into a more comfortable position. That task completed, he released the bonds around Raimie’s wrists.

“I would appreciate it if you got off,” he grunted.

Raimie carefully climbed off of his friend and moved to the wall. As before when his fingertips sank into the black, an uncomfortable numbness spread across his hands and halfway down his forearms before fading away. Beside him, Nylion massaged one shoulder with his free hand.

“I thought I would begin while you were busy with real world problems since we can make better time if I climb while you are out there, but I did not take into account the strain of your weight on my shoulders and back,” he murmured as he massaged one shoulder with his free hand.

Raimie grimaced.

“Speaking of the waking world, do you have any suggestions for our current predicament?” he asked. “I’m guessing the man who attacked me doesn’t want me dead since I’m not seeing fluorescent colors down here. Plus there are easier ways to kill an unaware target than to choke them out.”

“Naturally, I would advise waking up quickly if possible, but since it is not…” Nylion trailed off thoughtfully.

The hood’s opening turned toward Raimie.

“You should allow me control,” he said fervently. “I can fix this problem quickly so that Eledis need not ever know. It would be like when we were children, playing in the woods.”

“I could use a break from fending off people trying to cause me harm,” Raimie mused. “Are you sure you can handle it?”

Nylion burst out laughing.

“I have trusted you not to get us killed for the last nine years. Have faith that I can take care of one thug.”

Raimie grinned fiercely at his friend.

“Like old times, huh?”

“Like old times.”

“I suppose I’ll have to bear your weight for a while then,” Raimie said grudgingly.

He made sure his grip on the wall was secure.

“Go ahead, and climb on.”

Nylion awkwardly settled onto Raimie’s back, wrapping his arms carefully around his shoulders.

“You will have to hold my hands together,” Nylion told Raimie. “I have been using the ties that

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