Jinx's Fire by Sage Blackwood
Author:Sage Blackwood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-02-03T05:00:00+00:00
Facing the Ice
Jinx had seen that eye before, although not quite so much of it. And there were supposed to be two of them. And there was supposed to be Simon to carry those eyes around.
Carefully, he slipped it into the leather pocket he wore on his belt. Then he searched all around the cavern, in case there were any more bits. But there was no more Simon to be found.
Well, this wasn’t enough Simon. So where was the rest?
Where was the last place Simon had been, before this happened to him? The Bonemaster’s house, that’s where. And there Jinx had seen what had appeared to be a whole Simon, frozen inside a slab of ice. So Bonesocket was probably the place to start looking.
Except, Jinx remembered, he had an appointment to have his arm eaten off in the Glass Mountains. The thought made his stomach feel as if it weighed ten tons. But he had to go back, because if he didn’t Elfwyn and Wendell would be killed.
Jinx looked at the Path of Ice. If the Bonemaster was the wick of ice, then did the path lead to Bonesocket? There was only one way to find out. And the Elf Princess had told him he’d have to travel both paths.
After he’d found the rest of Simon—if there was any more to find—then, he thought with a sinking heart, he could go and get his arm eaten. He wondered if they’d eat it while it was still on him.
He looked at the paths. They met here, in this chamber, because of the seal. And Jinx was pretty sure he had just broken the seal.
He took a step onto the Path of Ice.
He looked back at the chamber, and watched it begin to dissolve and sink into the unreality beneath the floor. Probably not a good idea to stick around while that happened.
The path of ice was slippery underfoot. Twice he walked too quickly and skidded, and once he fell down hard, grabbing his pocket to protect the eye.
But the real trouble started when the path began to climb upward. Jinx stepped up onto the slope, and skidded down it again, barely keeping his feet. He tried crawling. It was no good. The cold burned his hands, and he slid down anyway.
There was no way he was going to get up this. He should have taken the Path of Fire.
Fire! That was it. Jinx sent fire into his boots—not much, just enough to melt the ice. He kicked at the path, and made a foothold. He stepped up. Kicked again.
This was too slow. He needed something faster. He sent fire directly into the ice.
There was a crackling sound, and then a whoosh of water swept down the slope, soaking Jinx to the knees. He braced himself and fought to stay upright as he slid back down the tunnel. After a minute he stopped. . . . There was solid rock under his feet. He waited until the water was gone, and then he started upward.
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