The Mad Apprentice by Wexler Django

Author:Wexler, Django [Wexler, Django]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2015-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

“ALICE! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?”

“I’m okay,” Alice mumbled. Her skin was damp with sweat, and she felt suddenly cold. Her jaw clenched tight, making it hard to talk.

“Can you sit up?”

Alice nodded weakly, and with Soranna’s help she levered herself into a sitting position against the pile of books. The world spun wildly around her for a few moments. Soranna produced her little hip flask of water and offered Alice a drink, which she accepted gratefully. She could feel her muscles beginning to unclench.

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing,” Soranna said, looking shy. “I . . . owe you. What happened?”

“I found Isaac,” Alice said, handing the flask back. “And Dex. And I think I’ll be able to find Ellen as well. But Torment caught me.”

“Torment?” Soranna looked confused, and Alice remembered she hadn’t explained about the labyrinth.

“I’ll fill you in later,” Alice said. “Right now Dex and Isaac are holed up in a tower, and we need to get over there ourselves. Once we’re all together, we may stand a chance of finding Ellen without getting killed.” She certainly didn’t intend to try the stunt with the swarmers again. It wasn’t only phantom pain she felt when the little creatures died or were forcibly banished; some basic part of her, some energy, was being torn away. “Give me a minute, and I’ll see if I can find a path.”

Soranna nodded. They passed a moment in silence. Alice was content to simply breathe.

“You’re very brave,” the girl said, after a while. “It caused you so much pain, but you kept going.”

“It’s not courage so much as stubbornness,” Alice said frankly. Her lips curled back from her teeth in a grim smile. “I don’t like to lose.”

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