Demon Bound (2010)
Demon Bound
“Once, it had been home to the Scythians and the Sarmatians, the Goths and the Huns. In her mind, Alice could see the paths those ancient peoples had taken on foot and by horse, their trading routes, and maps blazed with violence and bloodshed.
These days, the people rode harvesting combines instead of horses, and the only paths they cut were through fields of wheat.
But they did not harvest now—and blood would be spilled again, very soon.
From the air, Alice searched the flat, snowy landscape. ...Though the cold did not affect her any more than the heat of the desert had, she shivered.
She rarely felt alone; here, she did. The early winter had killed off the spiders or driven them to shelter in homes and outbuildings. In the endless frozen stretch below, there were no minds to connect to, no whispers for her Gift to collect.
If she had been thinking clearly when she left, Alice would have brought a few of the cave weavers that had served her so well in the temple. Their ability to detect the slightest vibration—a footstep, the disturbance of air from a passing body or the flap of a wing—had allowed Alice to track the demons’ progress through the temple better than her hearing could have, and to navigate through the dark.MoreLess
These days, the people rode harvesting combines instead of horses, and the only paths they cut were through fields of wheat.
But they did not harvest now—and blood would be spilled again, very soon.
From the air, Alice searched the flat, snowy landscape. ...Though the cold did not affect her any more than the heat of the desert had, she shivered.
She rarely felt alone; here, she did. The early winter had killed off the spiders or driven them to shelter in homes and outbuildings. In the endless frozen stretch below, there were no minds to connect to, no whispers for her Gift to collect.
If she had been thinking clearly when she left, Alice would have brought a few of the cave weavers that had served her so well in the temple. Their ability to detect the slightest vibration—a footstep, the disturbance of air from a passing body or the flap of a wing—had allowed Alice to track the demons’ progress through the temple better than her hearing could have, and to navigate through the dark.MoreLess
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