Chronos and the Rogue Hunters by Edward Eck

Author:Edward Eck [Eck, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Year of the Book
Published: 2018-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

22 Lost in the Woods

Taryn lay shivering at the base of a tree in the woods. Her dreams were more nightmares as she woke in a cold sweat. Even awake, the nightmares were still running through her mind. Images of the Wendigo, the pain in her left shoulder from its bite, running through the woods and jumping off a cliff to a river far below… but that wasn’t the worst. She had caught glimpses of the Wendigo’s memories of hunting and killing its prey, of ripping the life out of many different people, but always the hunger, the hunger for the next kill.

Taryn knew part of the curse was to always be starving. No matter how many people a Wendigo would kill, it was always hungry for the next one. Its hunger would never be sated, a hunger she was now beginning to feel. She tried to resist the urge, to pit her will against the hunger. She had no doubt Qaletaqa would seek to kill her, not because of his mistrust of her, but because she had been bitten. Qaletaqa could not allow the creation of another Wendigo and would be determined to kill her to prevent that from happening. Her only hope was that Alex, Radimir and Sheelin would come to her aid.

She stood and shivered, her sensitivity to cold growing. There was that spell Alex had taught her for warmth, but she couldn’t think clearly enough anymore to remember it, let alone try casting it. She needed to keep moving and keep alert. Any sign of movement could mean a hunting party or the Wendigo or her friends. She needed to find them, but in the dark and cold of the night, she had gotten herself so turned around she had no idea where she was or where they might be in relation to her.

Taryn vaguely remembered the river was to the west of the camp where they met Qaletaqa and Alex. She couldn’t hear the rushing water from her current location, but if she could find the river and then head east, she might have a chance. The problem was where to find the blasted river.

Standing up was challenge enough, but walking was even more difficult and the hunger was growing. Her eyes were bloodshot and her face was even paler than normal. She hadn’t gone more than twenty steps before she bent to vomit, then leaned against a tree to steady herself. Her head was swimming and the nausea was getting worse, but she was determined not to let the curse win. She had to find her friends and quickly. She just hoped she wasn’t in the mood for a meal when she found them.

Looking skyward she spotted the moon above the tree tops. She remembered seeing the moon earlier at camp, but she didn’t know how long she had been out. Thinking was difficult and her memory was foggy. She wondered if this was how Max’s memory was all the time. Shaking her head to clear her mind, she tried to focus on the direction of the moon.

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