Dreamers Do Lie by Megan Cutler

Author:Megan Cutler [Cutler, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, Dante's Inferno, demons, Fantasy, fantasy series, hell, High Fantasy, Love, love story, love triangle, lucifer, Magic, sorcerer, sorcery, strong female lead, strong woman
Published: 2020-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen: Hell's True Power

Arimand watched the demon retreat. If only he could burn holes in its backside with his eyes. Sooner or later, he'd have the creature's head. He didn't care what it cost him.

“Arimand?” Kaylie seemed to materialize out of the darkness. Rather than throwing her arms around his neck, she walked a quick circle around him, eyes scanning for signs of injury. She would find little aside from a fresh round of scratches and bruises. His clothing had fared worse, singed by the river's fire and torn by demon's claws.

“I'm all right.” He returned his sword to its sheath.

“Are you certain? You're shaking.”

The slight movements aggravated his sore muscles, a hundred tiny needles driven into his arms and legs. He drew a deep breath and released it slowly. The rage would fade now that his nemesis had fled. “I'm fine.”

“Then what's this?” Kaylie snatched the tattered hem of his shirt and tugged it upward, revealing a scarlet line across his abdomen.

“A scratch.” He pulled her hand from his shirt. “Too shallow to be of concern.”

It looked as though Kaylie wanted to argue, but she swallowed it instead. “What happened? Those demons could have killed us all.”

“Their master called them away. There must be some other task he wishes them to attend.”

“We can all be grateful for that,” Dwenba panted. She leaned an elbow against the younger woman's side when she caught her, and Kaylie put an arm beneath her shoulder to support her.

“I can't imagine what the King of Hell considers more important than a group of rogue souls trying to escape his realm,” Kaylie muttered.

Shrugging, Arimand glanced over his shoulder at the remains of their group. The assault had taken many. Less than half the men who set out from Dech remained. Considering what awaited them, it might prove a blessing.

Eselt had already organized the survivors. Half hauled the burnt and injured from the water, those that could still move. The rest retrieved wood, dousing the fire from each plank they pulled free.

When Dwenba caught her breath, she and Kaylie descended on the wounded. Kaylie confiscated every spare bit of fabric she could find to make bandages. Wardel wandered the battlefield, scavenging every intact weapon he could find. Thail muttered to himself while he pulled planks from the river, stacking them in two neat piles beside him.

He glanced up when Arimand passed behind him. “Didn't want them chomping Arimand's head,” he said, loud enough for everyone nearby to hear. But as soon as Arimand glanced in his direction, he turned back to the river and refused to look elsewhere.

Arimand's shoulders heaved with a silent sigh as he moved on. There was no point fighting with a man who'd obviously lost his mind. “We need to get moving as quickly as possible,” he told Eselt without preamble.

“You don't have to tell me. I don't know what made those demons run-”

“Their master called them elsewhere, though I can't fathom why.”

“Convenient inconvenience,” Thail grumbled. Either his voice didn't reach their leader's ears, or Eselt chose to ignore him.

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