Veles by P. J. Marie

Author:P. J. Marie [P. J. Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anxious Bean Publishing
Published: 2021-12-12T00:00:00+00:00

Veles

The warm glow was unmistakable.

The low light flickered through the darkness like a beacon of hope, and it made her heart stutter within her chest. The storm had grown so bad she could barely see, and she laid there in the mud for a long time while staring at the light, unable to move. If there was a fire in that cave, it meant that someone lived here, and if someone lived here, it meant one of two things. She could find help, herbs, and a way to save Aiden – or she could be in even more danger. She didn’t know what to expect, and she could feel her muscles tensing as cold terror started to shift down her spine.

What if this was Veles? What if he lived here? What if all the stories were true? What if Earnan was right and the Elders really had spoken to a god, and she was about to trespass through his home?

A loud crack of thunder rocked through the air, jerking Mizuki from her straying thoughts. She couldn’t stay here. The wind was getting worse, and it was tugging at her body, threatening to yank her off the flat plateau. She would never know the truth unless she moved, and Aiden would die if she didn’t at least try to find something within this cave to help him.

Drawing a ragged breath, Mizuki hauled herself from the wet and muddy ground, her legs vibrating beneath her as she struggled to stand in the harsh wind. She staggered toward the cave, teeth chattering in the cold. As she grew closer, she could just barely begin to make out the details of the cavern, and she collapsed under the weight of her soaked clothes as she stumbled through the curtain of water that was pouring over the lip of the opening. Shaking on the dry ground, she looked around and felt her heart still once more.

It wasn’t a small, cramped cave like the one that Earnan had been living in along the Southern Mountains. This was something else entirely, and an acute nervousness began to spread through her body.

The inside was warm. It was as if there were an invisible barrier at the entrance that prevented the wind and rain from passing over the threshold. She could feel the heat of the large fire against her face as she trembled and fought to breathe. The sound of the storm was lessened, the once deafening thunder now only a gentle rumble as the lightning that continued to flicker in the sky behind her cast flashes of white light across the large rocky shelter.

The space was tall and wide – more like the Meeting Chambers in the Hall than a cave, though the entire thing was carved out of the mountain stone, and there were deep gashes that marked the ground in odd patterns. The fire was burning in a hearth, wood was stacked beside it, and an old metal pot was resting on the edge of the stone.

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