Treasure Revealed (Sister Seekers Book 2) by Etaski A.S

Author:Etaski, A.S. [Etaski, A.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Corpus~Nexus Press
Published: 2019-03-27T16:00:00+00:00

Unlike tracking Jael, I hadn’t needed Panagan to determine which direction the missing Tragar had gone. The recent path of seven Grey Dwarves coming into this area, all wearing metal and hard boots, using tools, was clear as candlelight even with my lesser skills.

The female Dwarf had backtracked that path, going the opposite direction in which Jael had just run. Panagan and I followed at a fast, sustainable jog, closing the gap as we knew that the Grey Dwarves, like the Ketro, Pyte, or any other short-legged, squat creatures in the Deepearth, were not endurance runners like Dark Elves. Our target would stop soon and burrow in somewhere, and we assumed the need to be wary if we caught her too close to her own territory.

While the skinnier Ketro were just smart enough to construct pit and collapsing traps around their dens and run at first glimpse of trouble, the brawny Tragar used these basic ideas for hunting but rarely ran. In instances like these, I’d been told, the non-psionic Tragar could still be expected to choose a good spot to stop running, turn around, and fight with all the will they possessed.

Panagan and I had taken the stance that this female likely did not have any traps set up in advance. A single Ornilleth, if outnumbered, would always have planned an escape ahead of time, complete with deadly surprises. A group of Tragar, even psionic ones, were more likely to pull together a trap quickly and under duress, as they did not imagine themselves to be in retreat and pursued.

The best Tragar obstacles and traps were at their strongholds, and it had been centuries since the Valsharess’ Army had seen it necessary to assault one of those. Here in the wilderness tunnels, with one survivor and the unlikelihood that this escape had been pre-planned, we only had to catch up with her before she got close to home.

We ran into one of those hasty traps just as I felt a mental itch just up ahead, as the tunnel widened into another cavern. Panagan knew to stop and study before entering such a prime ambush or trap spot, though I had already slowed down from the early warning. We attempted to check it over before going forward, but the trap triggered without our having to touch anything.

~Move!~

I shoved Panagan to one side, and we barely avoided being crushed by a sole, compromised boulder falling from a ledge over the tunnel’s mouth. Our prey made the mistake of shouting something at us, a threat and a crow of confidence not unlike her male counterparts.

Certainly less bass to it.

She was outside of range for our Dark Sight but with the noise, I still pinpointed her most likely position just as Panagan stood up, withdrew an arrow and nocked it. She drew back and released right where I would have said the Dwarf was standing.

We heard a cry of alarm but not of pain.

*Caught armor or clothing,* I signed .

Panagan nodded with a scowl.

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