The Hero's Peril by Rain Oxford

Author:Rain Oxford [Oxford, Rain]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2017-08-05T06:00:00+00:00

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I decided not to bring up Yuri’s admission to having no magic, as it was no worse a secret than that I was a Sjau. As soon as the gobrin gage fell silent, I took over the driving again. It was quiet for a while. Unfortunately, the sky was getting brighter, not darker, and Yuri and I soon had to put our goggles back on.

The road widened and two metal bars that were slightly raised over the ground merged into the road. “Is this for carts?” I asked.

“It appears to be railroad tracks for a train,” Merlin corrected.

“What’s that?”

“It is like a number of carriages linked together, but much, much larger. And louder. And without the horses pulling it.”

“That doesn’t sound fun to ride in.”

“What? What’s Merlin saying?” Yuri asked.

“Nothing to worry about.” I followed the road, hoping not to meet one of these trains, until Yuri finally told me to stop.

“He’s here. Or at least the egg is.”

“How close?”

“Not close enough to be painful, but the voices are loud enough that I can barely hear you over them.”

“Can you understand any of them?”

“No.”

“Well, well, well!” Zuras’s voice called out. “We meet---”

“Hey, we’re talking here!” Yuri interrupted in an arrogant tone.

“Oh, not that again,” I groaned quietly.

Yuri glared at me. “It’s not like I can help it!”

“Can’t you channel Merlin or me? We’re right here.”

“Do you think if I could control who I could channel, it would be him? Or you for that matter? Do you think you’re a fun person to be?”

“I’ll wait,” Zuras said meekly. At that point, he stepped out from behind a tree. He looked shorter when he wasn’t hovering. He wore goggles, which I suspected were Adel’s. I hated the idea of her being blinded by sunlight because he’d stolen her protection.

“You stay right there!” Yuri demanded, turning his focus on the sorcerer. “Now I’m tired of chasing you all over the worlds and it’s going to end here and now.”

“Or what?”

“That wasn’t an ultimatum; that was a fact! Give me the egg and the girl and I won’t hurt you too badly.”

Zuras looked confused. I was just glad it wasn’t me who was confused.

“Wasn’t that an ultimatum?” I asked.

Yuri shot me a glare. “And I’ve got something to say to you before this wears off.”

That gave Zuras the chance to get his wits about him. “You can have the girl, but you’ve got to make a choice first.” He pointed down the road, where I could see the tracks split into two different directions. In the left direction, however, there was a gap. There was also a lever in between the split. “The girl is tied up on the track to the right. The left tracks, which lead to the cliff caves, have been damaged. If the train goes left, it will derail and kill everyone.” He laughed dramatically.

“How can you know it will kill anyone?” Yuri asked, not showing any concern.

“It’ll crash through the cliff and through the engine room!”

“So?”

“It’ll explode!”

“But that will ruin the mirror you entered through.

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