[Fractured Everest 01] • Under Everest by Dunn D.H

Author:Dunn, D.H. [Dunn, D.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Adventure
ISBN: 9781948324014
Amazon: B07BVZP7YB
Goodreads: 39707032
Publisher: Seaside Tower Press LLC
Published: 2018-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

15

“One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen.”

—Rene Dumal

The path through the crack widened quickly as it descended, Nima noticed the air continued to get colder. She tested the new ropes binding her wrists together; pulling and twisting as the man behind her pushed her forward.

“Much better ropes.” she said, as much to herself as to the cloaked man. “I can see why you keep these for climbing.”

“No talking!” came Perol’s voice from the front, where she guided Wanda. Nima thought about arguing. Whoever this Lord was, he obviously wanted to talk to them, thus the Attendant’s threat carried little menace. But she thought better of it, deciding one outburst was enough for the time being.

She had seen Pasang. Moreover, she had heard him, his voice. Finally, after all the of worrying, after sleepless nights wondering what Ama would say, finally, she had proof that Pasang was still alive. If only she could have seen his face.

She forgave herself for her rush of emotion. She was sure it was not what Drew or Wanda would have done, and it was certainly not what her mother would have done. The removal of the crushing weight of guilt and responsibility that had been sitting on her like a mountain of its own . . . she had lost her head in the moment. When that release came, she was just glad she had not gotten them all killed.

“What will you do if we speak?” Wanda asked from the front. Nima could only imagine Drew’s reaction behind her. “It is obvious your leader wishes to speak with us.”

Perol halted the procession and Nima almost collided with the cloaked figure in front of her, the stop was so sudden. A cold wind whipped through the narrow space, rustling through odd-colored grass that grew on the sides of the wall.

Nima pushed onto her toes to peek ahead.

Perol leaned in close to Wanda, her words level and flat yet somehow Nima still felt the menace. “If you speak after I asked you not to,” the woman paused, “I will remember.”

Without waiting for a reply, the Attendant started the group moving again. Nima was relieved Wanda did not challenge Perol further.

She wished she could speak to Drew, or even see him. Her mind began to fill with questions. She worried about Pasang, who must have been wondering where she had gone. What had they done with Kaditula? What did this leader want with them?

The crack they were following finally ended, opening into the largest cavern Nima had seen. It was larger than the refugee camp, larger than any tent or building she had ever been inside.

Many meters above her, where she had expected to see the same stalactites and outcroppings she had seen in the other caverns, she found the stone had been cut in a circular pattern, hundreds of yards across. Below that, a circular shaft of the same size had been bored into the mountain, the edges of the

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