Lost in Prophecy: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Ascension Series) (Volume 5)
“Elise set Jerica carefully inside an iron cage padded by blankets. They were a thoughtful gesture from Neuma, but not entirely useful. Compared to having one’s body reduced to ichor and forced to reform cell by cell, lying on a hard surface was probably negligibly painful. Worse, Jerica’s filmy, still-forming skin was sticking to the cloth, and it tore the fragile tissue when Elise tried to adjust her.
“You’ll be okay soon,” Neuma whispered, wiggling her fingers through the bars to touch Jerica’s knuckles.
The nightmare didn’t reply.
Elise seized a chain as wide as her forearms and hooked it to the center of the cage. Then she heaved her weight on the opposite end, using a pulley to jerk the cage into the air. It swayed over their heads.
She pushed Jerica’s cage out over the dungeons—a series of warded rooms with no roofs, allowing Elise to watch the misery of her prisoners like a scientist looking upon rats in a maze.
For months now, Elise had been going from House to House in the Ci...ty of Dis to demand fealty.MoreLess
“You’ll be okay soon,” Neuma whispered, wiggling her fingers through the bars to touch Jerica’s knuckles.
The nightmare didn’t reply.
Elise seized a chain as wide as her forearms and hooked it to the center of the cage. Then she heaved her weight on the opposite end, using a pulley to jerk the cage into the air. It swayed over their heads.
She pushed Jerica’s cage out over the dungeons—a series of warded rooms with no roofs, allowing Elise to watch the misery of her prisoners like a scientist looking upon rats in a maze.
For months now, Elise had been going from House to House in the Ci...ty of Dis to demand fealty.MoreLess
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