Half-Blood's Quest (Urban Arcanology Book 5) by S.C. Stokes

Author:S.C. Stokes [Stokes, S.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prescient Publishing
Published: 2022-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Light streamed through the opening rift before the surface of the portal settled like a pool of liquid gold that rippled like it had been struck by a pebble.

"The gateways are open," Murdoch shouted. “Let’s go, through the portal. Mind your step!”

Lara fell back, crouched beside the open gateway before waving us over. "Go, I'll cover you.”

"Dizzy, let's go,” I called but she didn't move a muscle. Probably because she knew that the minute she did, all hell was going to pour into the basement. She was the only thing keeping the barricade in place.

Murdoch scooped up his duffel and paused next to the portal. "Come on, Dizzy. We’re not leaving you here."

When she didn't move, I pointed at the gateway. "Dizzy, move your ass. Otherwise, we all die here in this damned basement. It's all of us or none of us.”

She trumpeted as she rose up and ambled forward. The barricade imploded inward, demon creatures spilling through. The first of them to try and dart past her was crushed to a thin paste as she brought her foot down on top of them.

She picked up her pace stomping across the cellar as Lara blazed away at the creatures trying to scurry after her. Dizzy shifted into her human form, pointed a finger at me, and jumped feet first through the portal.

Murdoch followed her through. As Lara's clip ran dry, I grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her into the gateway with me.

We seemed to be falling, a panorama of light playing all around us. Without a point of reference, it was disorienting, and it was hard to tell if I was falling or being pulled through space.

Then, the light vanished. My butt struck stone hard enough I felt it jar right through me.

"Ow," I groaned, lurching forward.

It took me a moment to realize the floor itself wasn't flat. Instead, everything tilted down at a forty-five-degree decline. We half-slid, half-tumbled our way down the stone slope until we slammed into the bottom.

I paused to catch my breath, rubbing at my very bruised tailbone.

We were in a large chamber made of enormous hewn stones that had been laid neatly atop each other with little need for mortar or cement. The room itself was lit by the gateway which still showed as a shimmering golden portal in the roof.

Beside me, Murdoch was on his feet, bending down to pick up the sanctum’s key. After tucking it into his pocket, he extended his hand to help me up.

"Come on, Seth, no time to sit around. They'll be right behind us.”

A chittering howl erupted, and I glanced back up the slope in time to catch the first of the demon creatures as it struck the stone above us.

The four of us raced across what seemed to be a stone antechamber toward a corridor cut into the far wall. As we approached, torches flickered to life along its length. I couldn't even see the end of the tunnel. It just vanished into the distance.

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