Dragons of Everest (Fractured Everest Book 3) by D.H. Dunn

Author:D.H. Dunn [Dunn, D.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

The route up Ish Kalum had been easier than Nima had expected, but it was also slower. Kater trudged along behind her, forcing her to stop and wait for him to catch up every time she got too far ahead. The snow was almost up to her knees, but it was light and fluffy. Kater was so much taller, even for an old man she didn’t think the climb would be this hard.

Ahead of them was a long snow plain before one last minor climb to reach the red door. The angle of the mountain had obscured the door from sight, a huge outcropping of ice was planted right in front of it.

Kater had refused to answer her questions after a while, forcing her to be alone with her thoughts. She worried about Drew and Upala, and what they might find trying to access the vault of Terminus. She was pretty tired by the time discussing the Dragons had come up, but Upala’s stories of Terminus sounded very scary. She hoped neither of them would have to see it.

Mostly she thought about Lhamu. She might be angry than Nima had left without her, or she might understand. It was best to keep her out of danger. Hopefully she agreed to stay with Merin.

Looking above her at their route up the mountain, she could see broad sloping plains of freshly fallen snow, deceptively beautiful expanses that might avalanche at any moment, or hide deadly crevasses beneath them.

“You sure we can’t use more of your blinks to get across this? I don’t like the look of this snow field.”

“I have only a few crystals left,” Kater said, holding the long, thin metal tube up and shaking it. Nima could hear the clinking of a few small objects inside it before he returned it to his pocket. “We must save those for the return, for bringing the Helm back to Nalam Wast after dealing with this woman.”

He pushed past her, beginning to walk through the snow with some confidence and speed, his red cloak dragging in the snow.

She knew they were here to stop Tanira, but she had not considered she and Kater might not have the same ideas on how to do that. She did not have much hope that she could convince Tanira not to go through with her plan, but maybe they could steal the Helm back. Or find a way to keep her from reaching the Voice.

Kater’s eyes suggested he had a different plan.

“We just need your hat. We don’t need to kill her.”

He stopped in the snow, looking back at Nima with an expression her Ama’s face had often worn.

“Are you that naive? That dense? Dear girl, do you think she is going to hand us the Helm?”

Nima felt a bit of fire light inside her. She didn’t like it when Ama talked to her like she was stupid. Nima knew she asked a lot of questions, and she sometimes acted too quickly, but she wasn’t stupid.

“Maybe she will just leave it lying around where it can be stolen,” she shot back.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.