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she wondered how much longer she would have use of them.
She was dying. It had seemed so impossible a week ago, they were younger and
laughing on the road. Now, it was a reality she was going to fight all the way down. It s unfair,
she whispered. Anything but this.
Kelin opened his mouth. Uh& maybe there s another miracle out there, Der.
She looked at him. Fear had hollowed out her eyes. She shook her head.
Please don t die, he asked softly, his voice taking on several layers of pleading.
Please, I won t survive out here on my own, and I can t care for Thalon either.
She turned her face away. Let s just try to sleep. Maybe things will be better in the
morning. Above the cloak, the thunder rumbled on.
Kelin stumbled awake to someone s fist repeatedly jabbing his shoulder. Wha
Riders! Thalon hissed.
He blinked and tried to push himself backward into the tree. What?
Der was pulling the cloak down from the exposed roots. Lucky they came that way!
Hide already! She yanked it down and then squeezed up beside him.
Oh, great, so they ll see us when they pass by.
Then, there was nothing to do but wait. They stopped breathing. The hoof beats grew
louder and then suddenly stopped. They heard the stamping of the feet, but no voices. Der
frowned and rolled her head to the side to try to catch a glimpse. Through the roots, she saw
several magnificent beasts.
They re not riders, she whispered. They re unicorns. Slowly, she rose to her feet, still
hugging the tree. The other two crawled up beside her.
Three amazingly white unicorns looked up from their play. Their coats were so brilliant
that Der had to squint to see them. The golden and silver horns made the cloudy light of
morning dance like it was a bright noon. Der forgot all about her pain and impending doom for
just a few heartbeats.
Kelin frowned. And a black horse. A really, really enormous black horse.
Der blinked, and sure enough, there was a massive, midnight black horse standing
behind the delicate unicorns. It was hard to focus on both at once. The horse definitely had no
horn, and was everything that the unicorns weren t. It was huge. It was muscular. Its hooves
were larger than her face, and suddenly, she couldn t get that measurement out of her mind
because that horse looked angry. Its ears were flat and it stamped the ground.
The unicorns cantered off into the forest, moving as fluidly as water, but the black horse
stayed and glared.
Der slid her hand toward the sword. There s got to be a tree around here at least
Thalon could be safe in.
Kelin shook his head. Do you see how big that thing is? You have to crane your neck
just to see its shoulders! It d knock trees down.
The horse snorted and flipped its head. The ears lifted. It looked after where the
unicorns had gone, and then back at them. It stuck out its nose and lifted its tail. Then, as
daintily as an equine can, it tiptoed back into the forest by the route it and the unicorns had
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arrived.
Der left her fingers relax on the pommel. Well, that may have been one the strangest
things I ve ever seen.
Kelin grumbled, rolling up his cloak. We should go. He kicked a root. Thank the gods
that we re not burdened down with supplies, like food or a tent.
We ll find berries. Remember, red ones are only poisonous half the time. Blue and
black ones are usually alright.
Then, you re eating them first, Der.
She shrugged, and picked up the weapon while hiding a grimace. She forced a tight
grin. Thalon, do you have any idea where your father is?
The boy s eyes widened and he held up his empty hands.
She opened her mouth, but instead of a reply, she threw up whatever was left in her
stomach. She lost her grip on the sword and fell to her knees. The pain! She grabbed her
chest. The pain surged through her body like an angry army.
There s blood in this, Der. You re vomiting blood. Kelin couldn t hide his expression of
dismay.
She tried to push herself up, and stumbled forward. I m alright.
No, you re not! He threw his cloak down on the ground. You re dying. We re out in the
middle of the Wild Lands, and you re dying! We ve got no supplies, we don t know where we
are, we don t know where we re going, everyone s going to think we kidnapped a half-elf, half-
chemman child, whose father is very lethal and probably insanely angry right now, and we re
being hunted by cultists! Kelin gasped. He d gotten all that out in one breath.
Finally, after a day and a half of rumbling, it started to rain. The whole day and a half of
rain s worth came flooding down in that single moment.
Kelin stuck his hand out in the curtain of water and laughed shrilly. Oh, and now it s
raining!
Der rested her head against the tree. Oh, we know where we need to go. There s an [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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she wondered how much longer she would have use of them.
She was dying. It had seemed so impossible a week ago, they were younger and
laughing on the road. Now, it was a reality she was going to fight all the way down. It s unfair,
she whispered. Anything but this.
Kelin opened his mouth. Uh& maybe there s another miracle out there, Der.
She looked at him. Fear had hollowed out her eyes. She shook her head.
Please don t die, he asked softly, his voice taking on several layers of pleading.
Please, I won t survive out here on my own, and I can t care for Thalon either.
She turned her face away. Let s just try to sleep. Maybe things will be better in the
morning. Above the cloak, the thunder rumbled on.
Kelin stumbled awake to someone s fist repeatedly jabbing his shoulder. Wha
Riders! Thalon hissed.
He blinked and tried to push himself backward into the tree. What?
Der was pulling the cloak down from the exposed roots. Lucky they came that way!
Hide already! She yanked it down and then squeezed up beside him.
Oh, great, so they ll see us when they pass by.
Then, there was nothing to do but wait. They stopped breathing. The hoof beats grew
louder and then suddenly stopped. They heard the stamping of the feet, but no voices. Der
frowned and rolled her head to the side to try to catch a glimpse. Through the roots, she saw
several magnificent beasts.
They re not riders, she whispered. They re unicorns. Slowly, she rose to her feet, still
hugging the tree. The other two crawled up beside her.
Three amazingly white unicorns looked up from their play. Their coats were so brilliant
that Der had to squint to see them. The golden and silver horns made the cloudy light of
morning dance like it was a bright noon. Der forgot all about her pain and impending doom for
just a few heartbeats.
Kelin frowned. And a black horse. A really, really enormous black horse.
Der blinked, and sure enough, there was a massive, midnight black horse standing
behind the delicate unicorns. It was hard to focus on both at once. The horse definitely had no
horn, and was everything that the unicorns weren t. It was huge. It was muscular. Its hooves
were larger than her face, and suddenly, she couldn t get that measurement out of her mind
because that horse looked angry. Its ears were flat and it stamped the ground.
The unicorns cantered off into the forest, moving as fluidly as water, but the black horse
stayed and glared.
Der slid her hand toward the sword. There s got to be a tree around here at least
Thalon could be safe in.
Kelin shook his head. Do you see how big that thing is? You have to crane your neck
just to see its shoulders! It d knock trees down.
The horse snorted and flipped its head. The ears lifted. It looked after where the
unicorns had gone, and then back at them. It stuck out its nose and lifted its tail. Then, as
daintily as an equine can, it tiptoed back into the forest by the route it and the unicorns had
All Things Impossible Crown of the Realm Dalton 88
arrived.
Der left her fingers relax on the pommel. Well, that may have been one the strangest
things I ve ever seen.
Kelin grumbled, rolling up his cloak. We should go. He kicked a root. Thank the gods
that we re not burdened down with supplies, like food or a tent.
We ll find berries. Remember, red ones are only poisonous half the time. Blue and
black ones are usually alright.
Then, you re eating them first, Der.
She shrugged, and picked up the weapon while hiding a grimace. She forced a tight
grin. Thalon, do you have any idea where your father is?
The boy s eyes widened and he held up his empty hands.
She opened her mouth, but instead of a reply, she threw up whatever was left in her
stomach. She lost her grip on the sword and fell to her knees. The pain! She grabbed her
chest. The pain surged through her body like an angry army.
There s blood in this, Der. You re vomiting blood. Kelin couldn t hide his expression of
dismay.
She tried to push herself up, and stumbled forward. I m alright.
No, you re not! He threw his cloak down on the ground. You re dying. We re out in the
middle of the Wild Lands, and you re dying! We ve got no supplies, we don t know where we
are, we don t know where we re going, everyone s going to think we kidnapped a half-elf, half-
chemman child, whose father is very lethal and probably insanely angry right now, and we re
being hunted by cultists! Kelin gasped. He d gotten all that out in one breath.
Finally, after a day and a half of rumbling, it started to rain. The whole day and a half of
rain s worth came flooding down in that single moment.
Kelin stuck his hand out in the curtain of water and laughed shrilly. Oh, and now it s
raining!
Der rested her head against the tree. Oh, we know where we need to go. There s an [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]