Halcyon Nights (Star Sojourner book 2)
“I awakened to silence and the pungent odor of burned wood. The fire had died. I sat up, my mind my own again, and touched my cheek. In the blue light of a drifting blob I saw that the cave was empty, including Lisa's mat! I threw off the blanket.
“Lisa!”
The only sound a scurrying lizard. I scrambled up, grabbed a glob light by tendrils and dragged it with me as I ran into the passageway. Dark sockets of caves there. “Lisa!” My call echoed down empty halls.
I ran through the winding shaft, past... hanging wooden masks and gourds with painted faces. My breath kept catching in my tight throat.
After a sharp right turn, the passage broadened into a cavern with a maze of branching tunnels. I turned, there in the center of it, the floating lamp spotlighting me. “Lisa!”
“Wha?”
I spun. Gwis was a pale ghost in blue light, hands held behind her back, stretching her tunic over sagging breasts.
“Where's Lisa?”
She swung her arms around her frail white body and extended my jacket to me.MoreLess
“Lisa!”
The only sound a scurrying lizard. I scrambled up, grabbed a glob light by tendrils and dragged it with me as I ran into the passageway. Dark sockets of caves there. “Lisa!” My call echoed down empty halls.
I ran through the winding shaft, past... hanging wooden masks and gourds with painted faces. My breath kept catching in my tight throat.
After a sharp right turn, the passage broadened into a cavern with a maze of branching tunnels. I turned, there in the center of it, the floating lamp spotlighting me. “Lisa!”
“Wha?”
I spun. Gwis was a pale ghost in blue light, hands held behind her back, stretching her tunic over sagging breasts.
“Where's Lisa?”
She swung her arms around her frail white body and extended my jacket to me.MoreLess
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