When it was silent again he lay still, panting, reassured by her breathing. He felt the cuts and bruises on his back and legs and rolled away gingerly. Chloe leapt up, brushing pebbles from her skin. “Was that an eruption?” she asked, searching the peak for signs of lava. “Nay, just a cloud of gas.” He winced. “It loosened the rocks.” “If it loosened the rocks here …” Chloe trailed off. “Hreesos,” Cheftu whispered, and they took off, hiking quickly up the path, crossing over rock slides and stepping carefully around the edges. Nothing was sturdy here. The screams were faint but audible. Chloe and Cheftu pulled up onto the plain and halted. What had been green grass before was now scorched earth. The skeletal remains of the traveling chair were visible in the distance, with carbonized figures beside it. … “The carriers,”
What do You think about Shadows On The Aegean (2009)?
