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.Why not let him be polite for once—it would make the man happy—especially when her knees were wobbling and she was still seeing little stars dancing in front of her eyes.Sanval did not even look winded.Just concerned."Ivy?" asked Sanval."Are you bleeding? Your face, your hair?"It was a trick of the torchlight.Ivy felt the dampness in her hair and a trickle down her face.It was wet, it was cold, and it was water, showering in rapidly increasing drops from the ceiling."Ivy!" Mumchance leaned far over the edge, head tilted to one side as he strained to see her."We need to go! There's a lot of water coming down the tunnel.""No, no, no!" Ivy could not prevent the childish sound of mutiny in her voice.The gods knew, she could take falling into a river, getting lost in a maze of dark tunnels, and fighting off kobolds, phantom fungus, and giant snakes.She could even take getting rescued by somebody who acted like he belonged in one of her mother's heroic ballads—though she meant to repay the favor as quickly as she could, because she did have her pride after all.Everything that had happened was just the sort of thing that could happen on the edges of a siege, when you were supposed to be doing a job and were getting lost instead in ruins that stretched on forever.She was serene about all of that.Most assuredly, she had handled anything that hadcome before.But she absolutely and completely refused to be sanguine about drowning in the dark.If she wanted to panic now, she would panic.In the climb out of the hole, pulling herself up the rope slowly, each stretch of Ivy's right arm caused twinges all down her snake-bruised body.Wiggles rode triumphant on her shoulder, barking directly in her ear when she scented Mumchance above them.As soon as Ivy was level with the top of the hole, the dwarf reached out and snagged the little dog, hugging her tight to his chest.As she clambered out of the hole, Ivy calmed down a little and decided to wait until they were above ground before she threw the mother of all fits.Right now, she was going to get them out of this dismal, damp disaster of a situation.Water glimmered in the torchlight, dripping down the walls and flowing from the direction of the old city baths.Right now it was barely deep enough to cover the soles of their boots, and most was pouring down into the hole in the passageway.Ivy glanced at Gunderal.The little wizard shook her head, looking close to tears."I just can't stop it," she said."Maybe slow it down a little.""Do what you can," Ivy said to Gunderal.The moment that Zuzzara and Sanval cleared the hole, she shouted, "Let's move!"Taking the lead, she set off at a fast jog into the black unknown as the river continued to worm its way into the tunnels, water rising fast behind them.Chapter TenIntent on fleeing the water gushing into the underground ruins, the Siegebreakers trotted at increasing speed through the black tunnels.Once again, to Mumchance's distress, they were going down, not up, and the way was broadening before them.The underground road was now wide enough to run three or even four abreast, and the angry mutter of the river continued to follow them."We have to go higher!" cried Mumchance, gesturing with his lantern and sending the shadows wildly swinging across the wall."Wonderful idea," panted Ivy as she lengthened her stride."But which way?""There," said Mumchance, pointing at the dark entrance to a tunnel that branched off the main way."More tracks!" squealed Kid, ears flicking nervously, nostrils wide as he tried to scent possible danger.He stamped his hooves against the dirt."Many feet, running past, my dear, and hobnail boots.Smoke ahead too!""He's right, Ivy." Gunderal was breathing hard and looking even paler than before."I smell fire and magic.""Maybe I should go ahead, in case of danger," Sanval started to suggest."No! We stay together.It's safer.No more lone rescues— not even from me," decided Ivy, straining to smell whatever danger had spooked Kid and Gunderal.Her human nose just reported damp stone and the old sour scent of air trapped too long underground.She saw nothing but blackness beyond the light of their torches and Mumchance's faithfully burning lantern."It's probably just another burned part of the ruins.More ash and old spells.""Water's running fast, Ivy." This came from Zuzzara, staring over their heads, looking back along the way that they had come [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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