Path of the Horseman
“I’d take the consequences of drinking the family alcoholic’s entire secret stash instead of the pounding that went through my head when I finally woke up.
My head felt like a lead balloon when I regained consciousness. I lifted it, and nearly blacked out again.
Fucking demons. They knew just how much pain our not-quite-human bodies could take.
Eventually I sucked it up and pushed myself into a sitting position. Something cold was around my wrists, but I didn’t much care what it was. Until I... started bringing one of my hands to my head, and had it jerk to a rattling stop.
I blinked, my sight still blurring from the mush in my head. But I could make out the shackles well enough.
Thick iron binds with even thicker chains were looped around both my wrists and my feet. I couldn’t lift my arms higher than my stomach. The same kind of slack was on my ankles. I slumped back, hoping to lean against a wall and quickly learning there wasn’t one. I had to keep myself from falling by placing a palm on the cold floor.MoreLess
My head felt like a lead balloon when I regained consciousness. I lifted it, and nearly blacked out again.
Fucking demons. They knew just how much pain our not-quite-human bodies could take.
Eventually I sucked it up and pushed myself into a sitting position. Something cold was around my wrists, but I didn’t much care what it was. Until I... started bringing one of my hands to my head, and had it jerk to a rattling stop.
I blinked, my sight still blurring from the mush in my head. But I could make out the shackles well enough.
Thick iron binds with even thicker chains were looped around both my wrists and my feet. I couldn’t lift my arms higher than my stomach. The same kind of slack was on my ankles. I slumped back, hoping to lean against a wall and quickly learning there wasn’t one. I had to keep myself from falling by placing a palm on the cold floor.MoreLess
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