Sworn To Conflict: Courtlight #3 by Edun Terah

Author:Edun, Terah [Edun, Terah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: coming of age, fantasy, Young Adult, teen
Published: 2013-12-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

An hour into the climb the same frost giant who had given Inga the cloth before they entered the tunnel, peeked her face into the sling happily, almost scaring Ciardis to death, and said, “Frost giant children are often carried on the hunt with their mothers this way. They get used to the sights, the sounds and the smells of the kills. They learn even while sleeping.”

Ciardis smiled weakly back. What was she supposed to say to that?

As they climbed Ciardis had time to peek out of her sling and see the cavern walls around them. They were made of a dark volcanic rock with shiny bits of stone in them. Where the volcanic rock and shiny particles had mixed and melted together was a layer of sheer, smooth black that looked like the night sky with twinkling stars. She couldn’t help but reach out to touch the roof when Warlord Inga had to climb through a particularly narrow passage.

Her right hand reached up like a child’s to feel the starry sky. Her left hand was bound underneath her body in the sling. In retrospect, she should have thought it through first. Not the mechanics; the outcome. The second her hand touched the starry stone she saw a bright spark of power emit from her fingertips and spread onto the face of the rock in rippling pools.

She had time enough to groan, “This can’t be good,” before she and Inga were pulled up into the ceiling wall.

Left behind, her group of friends stared up at the smooth ceiling while Vana commented, “Didn’t I tell you that we should tie that girl up?”

She turned to the major. “I did say that, didn’t I? Right after she collapsed with her ears bleeding?”

The major turned to General Barnaren, who looked as if his day had just jumped off a cliff.

*****

To Ciardis, the move into the stone wall was like being pulled into the mud pools near the hot springs in the Ameles Forest. Sticky, wet, and ultimately unclean. She could feel the walls melting around them and reforming behind them as they went. Like a spear, she and Warlord Inga shot through the underpass and up into the mountains. Time passed in a void. They could have been in the rock for hours or days, but when they finally emerged the distance traveled had taken its toll on both of them. They were surrounded by thick snow and knee-deep in it. No surprise, as Ciardis could see that they were much closer to the mountain pass.

Ciardis felt weary to her bones, and Warlord Inga stumbled to right herself on her feet. The frost giant race was famed for its tirelessness, so this was serious. As Inga struggled to stand with Ciardis on her back she roared her frustration. At least Ciardis thought it was her frustration until she saw the beasts approaching them at a flat-out run. They poured down the cliff side like a living furry cloak.

As soon as she scrambled

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