Grave War by Price Kalayna

Author:Price, Kalayna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2020-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

The first thing I became aware of was the sound of dripping water.

Pling.

Pling.

Pling.

The sound echoed around my head, making the throbbing pain shatter any attempt at a coherent thought with every resounding drip. I didn’t want to open my eyes; my head hurt way too much without adding light to the situation. But my mouth felt like I’d been chewing on cotton, and my throat burned. If there was water, I needed some.

The pain, the sound, and the need for water were my only concerns for a while, as I tried to rouse myself enough to deal with at least one of those issues. Then memories started surfacing.

I’d seen Falin. He’d been alive and well enough to make it to the shadow court. He hadn’t sent Tem. And I’d told the troll where to find me.

A new sensation cut through the others, panic flooding me again as I remembered the struggle in the car. I forced my eyes open, bracing myself for more pain.

And found myself in darkness.

I blinked.

I could see absolutely nothing. I could still hear water dripping not far away, and I could feel gritty wet stone under me, but I couldn’t see a thing. My first instinct was to thrash and try to jump to my feet, but my body felt heavy, my limbs not responding properly. The spell Tem had knocked me out with—it had worked fast, and apparently was wearing off slow. I couldn’t feel my legs, let alone my feet; no way was I standing right now.

But I couldn’t just lie in the dark and do nothing.

I took a deep breath, wrinkling my nose at the musty scent of mold that permeated the air. Despite that, I forced down another deep breath, concentrating on the feel of my lungs filling, on my heart—while it was pounding, even it seemed sluggish given the situation. Next I worked on focusing on my arms. I couldn’t move them, but I could feel them, though it took me longer than it should have to realize they were bound behind my back. My fingers tingled, a growing feeling of pins and needles stabbing my arms and palms as the awareness in my limbs spread. The small pains were almost reassuring—they meant Tem hadn’t dismembered me. It took concentration at first, but I could move each finger, which also meant I wasn’t bound in iron. My legs didn’t seem to be bound at all. Either that was a pretty big oversight or my captors were very confident that I could not escape from whatever hole they had trapped me inside.

Now that I could feel my body, the piercing pain that had been only in my head now spread everywhere. A deep body ache like I’d once suffered while fevered with the flu. Apparently every cell of my body was fighting off the residual effects of the spell, and it hurt like hell. I clenched my teeth together to prevent myself from whimpering. I had no idea if I was

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