The Turquoise Tower (Revenant Wyrd book 6)
“A whisper of movement behind her made her turn around, but there was nothing there, only the shadows of the entrance hall. Above her, the moon shone through an opening created by age and rot, the stars shining down on her through a clouded sky.
Cianna shivered, and the baby let out another plaintive cry. To the left, up the stairs where Cianna knew Sara’s chambers to be, the way was clotted and impassible with bricks and debris. The noise of the baby was definitely coming from upstairs. The onl...y way up was to the right, and so Cianna followed the way by memory.
As she climbed she took stock of the rooms and corridors she remembered on the path to her room. Something cataclysmic had happened in the keep. It was void of all life, even the animals that normally nested in ruins. Occasionally her feet scraped against loose stone that had fallen, or crumbled stairs, making the climb dangerous. Every time she heard the roof moan above her, she prayed to the Goddess that it wouldn’t cave in on her.MoreLess
Cianna shivered, and the baby let out another plaintive cry. To the left, up the stairs where Cianna knew Sara’s chambers to be, the way was clotted and impassible with bricks and debris. The noise of the baby was definitely coming from upstairs. The onl...y way up was to the right, and so Cianna followed the way by memory.
As she climbed she took stock of the rooms and corridors she remembered on the path to her room. Something cataclysmic had happened in the keep. It was void of all life, even the animals that normally nested in ruins. Occasionally her feet scraped against loose stone that had fallen, or crumbled stairs, making the climb dangerous. Every time she heard the roof moan above her, she prayed to the Goddess that it wouldn’t cave in on her.MoreLess
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