Blessed Blades (The Elven-Trinity Book 5) by Mark Albany

Author:Mark Albany [Albany, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

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The hours came and went as Aliana, Braire, and Faye finished off what remained of the monsters that had followed us into the tunnels. There wasn’t much of a way to tell how time was passing in this place, as the sun seemed poised directly overhead from the moment that we arrived, hours before, until the point when we decided to go. The day seemed to drag on, anyway, and I wondered if it had more to do with the fact that I had been tired for so long that I had almost forgotten what it felt like to be whole again.

We headed back the way we’d come, through the forest. Faye had to stop for a moment, as it appeared that the monsters had come through by breaking the spell that was supposed to keep this place hidden. I didn’t even know how they were supposed to have done that, but I had been able to pass through with only some difficulty. I was out of my depth here, and wasn’t in the mood to think critically. Maybe something that we could do tomorrow.

We stepped back into the tunnels. I realized that I hadn’t missed them even a little bit as we backtracked our movements through them.

When we reached where the cave-in had happened, the question of how the monsters had reached us, and more importantly, how Aliana, Norel and Braire had reached us, was answered.

“They tore through the place,” I said softly, looking around. “They dug right through the cave-in. How?”

“They didn’t care about more dirt coming down on them,” Aliana pointed out, raising a hand with some light to show where a couple of the monsters had been crushed under the rocks. “They just cared about getting to the other side. As quickly as possible.”

“Well, they were dead,” Norel said. “I don’t think they cared about dying a little bit more on top of it.”

I nodded. We started moving—inching, really—through the hole they’d left behind. It was a tight fit. I felt the tunnels still aching to drop on top of us. I didn’t like the feeling and I liked the thought of being buried alive even less, which made me watch my step as we worked our way back to the entrance. I didn’t like the thought of dealing with these creatures in close quarters again, either, and if there were any of them left in here, I didn’t want to tackle them again.

I just wanted a damn night’s sleep. Was that really too much to ask?

We moved through the tunnels, finding our way back to the entrance. I smelled the fresh air almost before I saw the light coming through the archway, and I pushed toward it instinctively. I was at the front of our little group, which meant that it was my responsibility to make sure nothing waited for us out there, but all I could think of was how wonderful it was to be out in the open again. Screw the damn monsters for pushing us into the damn place.

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