Striking The Flint by Laura Greenwood

Striking The Flint by Laura Greenwood

Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub


5

The cold is a constant companion, even with the fires we've been able to build. It's not so bad during the day, or even when the dragons are on a rampage, but at night, it's almost unbearable.

"How long has it been?" I ask through chattering teeth.

"I lost count," Joseph responds, lifting an arm and holding it out to me so I can lean into him and we can share our body heat.

A few weeks ago, I'd have considered the act intimate. Now it's simply a necessity. He pulls me closer, and I rest my head on his shoulder.

"Maybe eight or nine days?" he adds after a moment.

"It feels like longer."

"Like years," he agrees.

"But at least if we're right, we don't have to go through this for much longer." But the last few days are going to be the worst. Especially as we're running low on food and water. At least the dragon meat didn't make us sick, though I'm not sure if that's because Joseph used the Arts to make it resemble chicken more, or if it is because the meat wasn't poisonous anyway.

"I can't wait." The earnestness in his voice echoes my own feelings on the matter.

"How many of us do you think are left?"

"I don't know," he admits, which isn't a surprise answer. How is he to know any better than I do?

"What will they do if most people survive?"

He chuckles darkly. "I don't think most of us will be," he responds.

"We only know of two deaths," I say weakly, the customary guilt over killing the other prisoner flooding through me. I still can't believe I did that. What this stupid game forced me to become.

The warmth of his body, and the comfort of his body make me feel drowsy, and I start to doze off. A part of me feels guilty for it, but there's nothing to do here. We've been in the cave for days, and no one else has found it. We haven't heard any dragons either. It's just been the two of us, our fire, and the occasional trip back to the dead dragon for more meat.

Not that it hasn't been exhausting still. Constantly being on alert is no good for me, or for Joseph, and it's getting to be too much to cope with. I want a good night's sleep. Even a night back in my cell will be preferable to this.

I drift off, lulled into sleep by the warmth of our fire, and the feel of Joseph next to me. I'm glad he found me the first day, and that he asked me to partner up with him. It's so much better than having to go through all of this alone.

A loud klaxon pulls me from my dream, and I sit bolt upright.

"What's happening?" My words slur with sleep.

"I don't know," Joseph responds. "It's like the sound from the start of the Duels."

"Is it over?" I ask, hope welling up inside me at the thought of this ordeal being part of the past.



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