Shimmer: the Rephaim book 3
“Low clouds blanket the mountains, pressing down on the ancient sandstone building ahead of us. High walls hem us in. I breathe in the sharp scent of pine needles and cold air nips at my nose and ears.
We cross a courtyard, swords in hand. The Outcasts follow, framed by carved columns and the domed roof of the chapterhouse. We pass a marble statue of a warrior angel twice as tall as Nathaniel, streaked and cracked from decades of wind, snow and sunshine. The angel’s wings are outstretched, sword... raised in triumph, his expression grim. Trees whisper beyond the wall. Boots crunch on gravel.
Jude stays close, keeps glancing my way. ‘You okay?’ ‘Better now I’m moving.’ The anger’s gone. It drained away in the quiet of the chapterhouse. Now I’m numb again, which is still better than the panic hovering somewhere behind me.
We walk under an archway and into an expansive piazza, flanked on all sides by three-storey buildings and cloistered walkways. A fountain dominates the manicured grass; water spills over the lip of a large stone bowl and splashes softly into a pond below.MoreLess
We cross a courtyard, swords in hand. The Outcasts follow, framed by carved columns and the domed roof of the chapterhouse. We pass a marble statue of a warrior angel twice as tall as Nathaniel, streaked and cracked from decades of wind, snow and sunshine. The angel’s wings are outstretched, sword... raised in triumph, his expression grim. Trees whisper beyond the wall. Boots crunch on gravel.
Jude stays close, keeps glancing my way. ‘You okay?’ ‘Better now I’m moving.’ The anger’s gone. It drained away in the quiet of the chapterhouse. Now I’m numb again, which is still better than the panic hovering somewhere behind me.
We walk under an archway and into an expansive piazza, flanked on all sides by three-storey buildings and cloistered walkways. A fountain dominates the manicured grass; water spills over the lip of a large stone bowl and splashes softly into a pond below.MoreLess
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