Tomb of Gods by Brian Moreland

Author:Brian Moreland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror; gothic fantasy; dark fantasy; flame tree press; creepy stories; The Mummy; historical; ancient Egypt.
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Published: 2020-05-10T18:57:28+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Imogen huddled with Trummel, Ely, and Dyfan. Caleb burst through the liquid door and stumbled toward the others. The soldiers backed away and positioned themselves for battle. Caleb joined them. All three men stood with their guns aimed at the door.

A pair of hands clawed at the watery doorway, long fingers reaching through. The demon’s screeches and growls were muted. Sound didn’t travel well from one realm to the next. The liquid door sparked with electricity. The fingers snapped back, disappearing. The rippling door began to solidify until it hardened back into slate.

“What happened to Bakari?” Imogen asked.

“He stayed back to hold them off,” Caleb said.

“Will he reach the portal that takes him to his family?” she asked.

Caleb shook his head. “Bakari let the demons devour him so we could get away.”

Grief gripped Imogen’s heart. Their mysterious guide had devoted his life to guiding humans through these caves. That he’d sacrificed himself to save their party made her feel sick. “We should say some parting words for Bakari,” she suggested.

“We’ve no time to dally.” Trummel seemed to have no remorse for the loss of his porter. “Dyfan, can you get a read on this place?”

“Sorry, no.”

“Try, damn it!” Trummel yelled.

“I’m doing all I can.” Dyfan pressed his fingers to his head. “Something in the caves blocks my ability.”

“Then use your cards.”

“The cards are silent too.”

Trummel rounded on the blind man. “If you can’t lead us to the relics, what use are you? You’re a liability, that’s what. Old. Blind. Ely practically carried you through that last bit.”

“Don’t talk to him that way!” Imogen snapped.

“I’ll talk any way I please.”

* * *

Caleb hated Trummel in that moment. Caleb wandered a little away from the group, Bakari’s body still glowing with blue light in his mind. He mounted a flashbulb and fired it into the dark. Something glinted on the ground a dozen yards away. He hurried forward, training his headlamp on the cave floor.

“There’s a path!” he shouted. He shone his headlamp over a muddy trail carved into the creek bank. Water trickled close by. “The creek continues this side of the portal. I say we follow it.” While he waited for the others to reach him, he cast his light along the riverbank. By the time Imogen reached him, he had found the strange relic – a bare human footprint. The first they’d seen since entering the caves.

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