The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

Author:Brandon Sanderson [Sanderson, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781938570414
Publisher: Dragonsteel, LLC
Published: 2023-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

Rebeke screamed as the Charred shoved aside the table and went for Nomad’s throat. He got his own hands up, grabbing her wrists before her nails dug into his flesh, but her momentum took them both to the floor in a writhing heap.

He grunted, rolling them to the side, trying to get the upper hand. This should have been easy. He’d trained extensively in grappling over the years, while she fought with an unskilled frenzy, eyes wide and teeth clenched. But every time he got close to putting her into a secure hold, she shoved free, breaking his grip with a burst of raw strength.

He found himself struggling to keep control. She moved in unexpected ways, kneeing him, biting at him as they rolled. He finally tried to cuff her across the face to stun her, but that direct an attack made his body freeze, and he involuntarily let her go.

Her movements a blur, she grabbed the sides of his head, then slammed his skull against the steel floor, making him see stars. Luckily his dazed state was quickly remedied by his healing, and he managed to seize her hands again, acting more by touch than sight.

Elegy was so focused on beating him senseless, she didn’t notice as he summoned Auxiliary as cuffs and a chain and snapped them into place. When Rebeke—belatedly—tried to stop her sister, the distraction gave him a chance to roll away and lock Elegy back to the wall. As Elegy started toward him again, he had Auxiliary shorten the chain, then he scrambled out of range of her grasp at last.

Then he lay on the ground, groaning, his vision swimming.

Just over eight percent Skip capacity remaining, Auxiliary whispered as his vision and head healed. A part of Nomad hated hearing the notations like that. He hated feeling like a machine with a power source. Life had felt so much more…vibrant when he’d just drawn in power and sensed a general impression of what he had left.

He sat up, his back against the wall. Rebeke knelt next to him, looking horrified. Her sister wasn’t completely locked back in place. Instead of being manacled both hand and foot to the wall, she was just locked there by her wrists, with almost two feet of slack.

She wasn’t using it, but instead crouched on her toes, like a feral beast, glaring and growling at him.

“I’m sorry,” Rebeke whispered. “I thought… She seemed to be recovering, and I thought…I…”

“Yeah,” Nomad said. “Well, next time you do something that insane, could you at least give me a heads-up so I can start running?”

You all right? Auxiliary asked. Voice flat as ever, but the way he asked it—without pretense or affectation—implied real concern.

Nomad rubbed his head. “Yeah,” he muttered. “I think.”

“Elegy,” Rebeke said, standing. “Why did you do that?”

“You have me chained,” the Charred hissed.

“We were unchaining you!” Rebeke said.

“I fight,” Elegy said simply. “It’s what I do.”

“I’m your sister!” Rebeke said. “This man helped me save you from our enemies. You are home.

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