Holmberg, D K - The Shadow Accords 03 - Shadow Born by Holmberg D K

Author:Holmberg, D K [Holmberg, D K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2016-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Carth lost track of how long she had been swimming. Had it been hours? In that time, Guya still hadn’t woken, and she dragged him with her, switching arms supporting him so that they didn’t get too fatigued. The shore loomed closer; by now, she was convinced that it was the shore and not some ship that taunted her with how close it could be, but always moving away.

She hadn’t worked out what she would tell Guya when he came around. If he came around. Did she admit that she had swum out to him? Maybe she could convince him that she had heard him go overboard and had gone after him, but if she did that, she would need to be ready for the questions about what she had seen, and how he had gone over.

She couldn’t worry about that now. For now, she had to find a way to get them back to shore.

The longer she swam, the more she felt an overwhelming fatigue. She paused often, but the more breaks she took, the harder it became for her to resume swimming. After a while, Carth stopped taking the breaks, preferring to swim slower. If only Guya would wake up and assist her, but the damned shadow-forgotten man remained deadweight. Not dead, though, at least not yet. She hoped she could get them back to shore, where she could work on figuring out a way to help him.

Only then could she begin thinking about the other thing that she needed to do. Somehow she would have to get on another ship. It didn’t matter what Guya chose to do, but what happened to those girls on the Goth Spald was on her, especially as she had made the choice to do nothing for them, instead choosing to use them as a piece in her larger game.

Carth cursed herself.

Ras had warned her; they weren’t pieces in a game. Real lives were at stake and she was responsible for what happened to them. Even that wasn’t the only reason that she needed to get to them. They were still part of a larger play, though she didn’t know what it was. She needed to find out what the Hjan intended, but she had to take possession of a ship.

Rocks loomed in front of her, and the current shifted, now slamming her toward the shore. Carth tried to keep them from hitting it too hard, but the waves slammed them into the rock.

She tensed up as she hit. The wind was knocked from her, the same as when she had landed in the water the first time. Guya grunted and started moving, as if the collision with the rock had finally jarred him awake.

She dragged him up to the top of the rock with the last of her strength. Once there, she flopped onto her back and simply rested. Her body ached, and she didn’t think she could do anything more. It was a damn miracle she’d made it this far.

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