Beyond the Dark Gate by R.V. Johnson

Author:R.V. Johnson [Johnson, R. V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0986165530
Amazon: B01MRT7EYQ
Publisher: R.V. Johnson
Published: 2016-12-13T07:00:00+00:00

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Jade was frightened for her father. Surrounded by men and women with swords and crossbows, the maniac General Karnas thrust and chopped at him. Even though he bled from a wounded forearm, the general still swung with great vigor. Jade worried it was too much for her dad. What would he do if they attacked at once?

To make matters worse, three of the four with crossbows had bolts redrawn as they maneuvered for a shot. The fourth cranked on the drawstring with less than half the distance to the trigger latch remaining. Then, the soldier woman would drop in a bolt and point it at her dad. Jade had to help him. But how?

Reading the aura revolving around someone was her only ability, useless when it came to aiding in a battle, fighting for survival. Or was it? Perhaps she could discover something to stay the hand of those attacking, at the least, glean intent. Perhaps then, she could call out a warning.

As one of the three crossbowmen slipped around the left perimeter working for an unguarded back shot, Jade slowed the rotation around him and shuffled through the three images, marveling how easy such things came now.

The first image, a scaly beast with the head of a lion was no help and frightening to look at. She hastily moved on to the second. A golden-haired woman wearing a blue dress twirled a parasol at the end of a pier. She might have a use for that one, but she didn’t get the feeling the woman was the soldier’s companion. The third image contained what she hoped. Black plate armor hung on a rack. Jade let the images revolve back into the cyclone raging around him. “You with the crossbow, slinking to the side,” Jade called. “If you harm the hooded man’s guardian, you’ll never receive plate armor.”

The man froze and then frowned. “How could you know that?” he mouthed. Then, looking behind her, his eyes widened.

Something dark and slimy pinned her arms to her chest and lifted her from the decking.

Jade screamed.

Jade lost her breath when the thing tightened its grip, squeezing with suffocating force. Jade felt herself ascending at a rapid rate. Quickly, the ferry shrank in size as she rose upward. Monstrous black tentacles dropped upon the decking, tilting the boat violently with their great weight.

Now, she descended faster than when she’d risen. The tentacle loosened its hold slightly. Jade barely had the presence of mind to gulp air as she plunged underwater.

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