Dire Sparks (Song of the Aura, book Five)
“There was a tug that rippled through her from toe to forehead, and she slipped out of the blackness onto a smooth metal floor. There she lay sprawled for many seconds, not moving, not trying, not fighting, not caring. Two minutes, Gramling had said. Don’t pause for longer. But she ignored the admonition. It hurt. Everything hurt. She was too tired. She couldn’t go on. But you must. She looked up through a veil of blood. The chamber, the last chamber, was a circle only a hundred feet across. T...hree grooved circles were carved or molded into the floor, and just inside the smallest was another portal… but instead of holding black glass, it held only the purest white light. She was dying. If there were more traps, she would never make it. It was already too hard to think… the loss of blood through the bite wounds the Cjathrier had given her severely limited her chances. A squelching sound interrupted her despair, causing her to look bewilderedly up. Then she saw them. Nineteen more portals, identical to hers, lined the room’s round wall.MoreLess
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