Soulwalker by Erica Lawson

Author:Erica Lawson [Lawson, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Lesbian, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9781935627838
Google: 3RCrtgAACAAJ
Amazon: 193562783X
Publisher: Blue Feather Books LTD.
Published: 2012-01-15T03:06:26+00:00

Chapter 8

At the moment, Tarris would have been grateful for the feeling in her legs to disappear. The passage had opened up into a huge underground cavern, barely lit by some unknown source. Her quick descent had stopped just short of a sheer drop to the ground below. The pipe had broken away, and Asher hung by her fingertips from the edge.

Tarris ignored the pain, just as she ignored the putrid goo that covered her hands and ended up under her fingernails as she pulled herself along to the edge. “I’m here. Don’t panic,” she said soothingly.

“I don’t want to die,” Asher sobbed.

“And you won’t. Give me your hand.” Just as she grabbed Asher’s wrist, a body slammed into Tarris’s back, and she tightened herself to stop the slide. The suit creaked as she forced her legs outwards to brace against the walls. “Good to see you again, Jerad,” she spoke over her shoulder.

“Yeah, well. I figured you needed my help,” he said in his usual cocky tone.

“We do.” Tarris really didn’t need his help, but if it made the kid feel good about himself, then who was she to stop him? “I have a job for you. See if you can find another way down from here.”

“Sure.”

She got a push in the back for her trouble as he tried to retrace his way up the pipe.

“I’m still here, by the way,” Asher called.

“And I’m still rescuing you. Geez, woman!” Tarris wrapped a hand around Asher’s other wrist. “Can you get your foot up to the pipe?”

“I’m not a contortionist.”

Tarris sighed and released one of her hands. She reached for the tabs to her suit and locked her legs in place. She returned her hand to Asher’s wrist and pulled. Asher shifted slightly but not enough to be of any help.

Let me help, sister.

If you can. Please. Tarris had never consciously said please to Rya before, but somehow it didn’t seem out of place.

She tried again, and this time her strength had doubled. Slowly but surely, Asher started to rise toward her. Her head, then her torso, became visible in the muted light. With a final yank, Tarris used her body weight and fell backwards to pull Asher with her and into her arms. Both lay in the mud, Tarris on the bottom and Asher on top of her.

“Are you okay?” Tarris asked softly.

“I am now. Thank you.”

“Thank both of us.”

“Really?” Asher looked into Tarris’s eyes. “Rya? Thank you.”

“She says you’re welcome.”

“Oh, yuk. You two are at it again.” Jerad seemed to have the knack of turning up when the conversation got personal.

“We’re just resting,” Tarris said.

“If that’s what you want to call it. There’s a small side passage a few feet up there. It’s not easy to get to.”

Tarris looked at Asher and sighed. “Come on.” She helped Asher steady herself on her hands and knees before she unlocked the legs of her suit and turned around. They crawled precariously back up the passage, but more often than not, they slid backwards part of the distance they had just gained.

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