Wrath of the Blue Lady by Mel Odom

Author:Mel Odom [Odom, Mel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9780786951925
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Published: 2009-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

That night, Shang-Li woke once more in a dream and trapped at the bottom of the sea with the Blue Lady. He floated in the water as the sharks danced around him.

“Your crew is going to abandon you,” she said.

“Possibly.” Shang-Li tried to draw his sword but found that his hand passed straight through the weapon.

“Come with me, manling.” The Blue Lady arrowed to the surface where a ship was held in the thrall of a storm. Canvas snapped yards and flapped in the powerful winds that keened over the decks. The crew tried to put lifeboats out as the ship started breaking up. One lifeboat did reach the sea, and even filled with crewmen, then a large wave rolled over them and they disappeared.

Shang-Li struggled to be free of the dream. He couldn’t bear to watch men dying.

“Do you see them?” the Blue Lady demanded. “Do you see how weak they are in my power?”

Shang-Li said nothing.

“That is you, manling. That is how weak you are. No matter where you go, no matter what you do, I will find you.”

Steeling himself, Shang-Li strode toward her. “Are you trying to scare me away? Is that what this is about?”

Light blazed in the Blue Lady’s dark eyes, and she smiled. “No. I don’t want you to go away, manling.”

“Because I’m coming for you.” Shang-Li spoke calmly despite the fear that raged within him.

“Because of the books?”

“Because you’re an abomination and I won’t suffer you to live. There will be an accounting.”

The Blue Lady laughed in his face. “And you think you’re strong enough to give that accounting? Then come, manling. Come and die.” The Blue Lady gestured at the ship and it broke in half. She turned back to Shang-Li. “There were others that thought they could kill me. My own kind exiled me here. But they’re going to regret that because I’m going to come back stronger than I was. And when I do, I’m going to have an army at my back. I will invade those lands and take what is rightfully mine. I will take more than that. They will beg for my mercy. And I will not give it.”

Horrified, Shang-Li watched as the ship’s crew died by the dozens.

“I promise you this, manling. If you come to me, your death will be quick. I will not prolong it. Your foolish courage will be rewarded. But in the end you will still die.” The Blue Lady gestured again.

This time a waterspout licked up from the heaving sea surface and curled around Shang-Li like a python. It pulled him beneath the sea, and this time he couldn’t breathe. He fought and fought but couldn’t escape.

Then he woke in his hammock sucking in wind and covered with feverish sweat.

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