Valkeryn 2: The Dark Lands by Beck Greig

Author:Beck, Greig [Beck, Greig]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780992333966
Publisher: Cohesion Press
Published: 2013-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

He rested his forehead on the branch for a few moments, then sucked in a deep breath, and began to saw at the hardened material covering his lower body like a cocoon.

Hmm, much safer in the trees? As long as I have eyes in the back of my head, he thought as he pulled the solidified mesh from his legs and began to make his way to the ground.

*

‘Maybe.’ Arn contemplated the tree bough that leaned out over the water. Where they stood the river narrowed to just over a hundred feet across. The limb was as broad as a Buick at its base, and reaching out, narrowed as it reached more than three quarters of the way to the opposite bank. On the other side, there were more trees reaching back towards them, their tips meshing with the very ends of this one huge branch.

‘I think we can make it, Grim.’

Grimson nodded. ‘I know I can; I’m a good climber.’

Arn looked to the opposite bank, and then to the dark green water before them. The area they needed to cross lumped slightly from the swirling current due to the slight narrowing of the watercourse. A massive boulder the size of house had caused the constriction making the water work harder to keep pushing the millions of gallons through it, and Arn guessed it had probably gouged a deep trough beneath the surface. He bet it was probably deeper here than anywhere else for miles.

He stared into its mysterious depths; it was certainly darker, with no sign of the bottom even close to the bank. He shuddered; glad they would be climbing high over it. Oddly, the fish that had been trailing them as they hiked along the bank had vanished as they approached the darker area. Must be the current, he thought hopefully.

Arn circled the tree; its age-old, gnarled trunk provided many handholds up to the first of the huge lower branches. He leapt up and started to climb, quickly followed by Grimson. He was the first up on the broad limb, its wood cool and smooth beneath him. He stood and carefully walked out a few feet, angling his head to see through the dense growth. Gratefully he saw that the path forward looked fairly easy. Together, they edged along the bough. The further they went, the more Arn felt the limb start to move beneath him.

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