Soulfall (Hellsong_Infidels_Cris Book 2) by Shaun O'McCoy

Author:Shaun O'McCoy [O'McCoy, Shaun]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sisyphean Publishing
Published: 2015-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

It doesn’t look like the guards at Dendra have stolen any of my stuff.

We’d climbed the trunk of one tree and walked up through a hollowed out root to get to the Northern Lethe. We’d left as quickly as possible, not wanting to be followed by the Order or be caught by a guard with Aiden.

The caves surrounding this river are completely natural in formation, and the lighting is very dim. Even so, the waters are wide, slow and shallow, allowing us to continue poling our way toward the Erebus.

“Keith’s like a damn bad habit,” Q says from the back of the gondola.

“He knows,” I say.

“Knows what?”

“Everything.” I pause while Q brings us around a rock, noticing that everyone, even Aiden, is listening to me. “What we’re doing. Where we’re going. The state that Aiden’s in.”

Q frowns. “That’s impossible.”

“Can you think of anything else that would explain how he’s been able to follow us so closely? He even beat us to Dendra. Unless he knows a faster route than we do, he must have taken his men straight from the Pole to Dendra even before we saw Nebuchadnezzar.”

El Cid says nothing, but her eyes are on me and me alone. Her lips are slightly parted. Suddenly, for some reason I can’t quite explain, I feel nervous.

Q shakes his head. “He’s not psychic, Cris. It has to be luck. Maybe they know a faster way or heard from the Pole natives that we were going down the river.”

El Cid is still looking at me, and I think her cheeks are slightly flushed.

“Durgan,” I say.

Q’s eyes narrow, and he looks at me for a moment before returning his attention to the river. “Who?”

“You said there was a wight with Keith. I know who it is. It’s Durgan. He’s one of, well, was one of the Archdevil’s wights. I never killed him. He’d know exactly what state Aiden is in.”

“But to anticipate our travel to Dendra,” Q says, “he’d have to know more than that. He’d have to know our solution. And unless that Creature or Jeeves is talking—”

“Hansel,” Nebuchadnezzar corrects.

“Whatever,” Q says, annoyed. “So unless that Creature or Jeeves is talking, there’s no way they’d know we’re headed to the Erebus.”

“I’m not so sure,” Cid’s voice is soft, but we all shut up and look to her. “The Order is deeply connected to the City of Blood and Stone. Lucreas Crassus has been a key player in both. It’s possible that Keith knows enough about wights, with the help of Durgan, to have guessed our next move.”

Q frowns, and I can see him reconsidering my position. “Maybe. I wouldn’t bet on it, but maybe.”

“Half a day, then,” El Cid says, her eyes still boring into me.

“What do you mean?” I ask.

“If Durgan is with them, then we have a half day lead.”

Something clicks in my head, and I realize what she’s saying. “Because if Durgan is with

them, they won’t be able him through Dendra, so if they’re going to follow us, they’ll have to go around.

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