Chapter 17 Caught
Chapter seventeen
Caught
Sorin
Iwake up chained to a wall. This is, unfortunately, not the first time this has happened to me, but nevertheless it is not my favorite place to come into life in the morning.
I take stock of my body first, making sure I keep up the facade of unconsciousness.
I seem to have some bruising and a massive headache forming but nothing life threatening.
Where am I? I do not think I am still in Helomasi.
The last thing I remember is grabbing Lace to try to pull her from getting sucked into inky blackness and then…
nothing. Lace! I strain my ears to pick up the sounds around me, but I don’t sense her energy.
Did the void separate us? We are definitely in some enemy territory, but where?
I hold back a shudder They better not have Lace chained up…
or worse. Their deaths would not be quick.
Pushing the thought from my brain I consider my situation.
I need to escape it quickly and find Lace, then I can worry about punishing whoever has me.
Briefly, I also allow myself to worry for Sam.
I know he must have followed us; it would be unlike him not to.
He can handle himself frankly better than I can, but this territory is more unknown to us than the lands of Helomasi.
I grit my teeth. Either way I will find him after I have recovered Lace, and we will all make it out of this death pit. I am sure of it.
Taking a breath, I try and see if I can connect with the soil, if I can grow a strong vine maybe I can get myself out of these shackles.
I feel the ground beneath my feet, and yet my connection to it seems to be blocked.
Stitching my brows together, I try to see how strong this blocker is.
I throw my magic at the ground and start to push hard, but before I can gain much headway my body shakes violently with exhaustion.
Alarmed I stop and try to gain some strength back.
Cracking my eyes open I take in my surroundings.
I am in a dark cellar of a room, my body thrown against a wall, my feet are barely standing on a dirt floor.
I am covered in bruises and small cuts but otherwise seem whole.
Most of all I seem to be alone. There are no guards on the other side of the pillars holding me captive.
How silly of them, I think to myself. They must think me weak to leave me without a watch.
This can be used to my advantage. They must have captured me while I was unconscious after my transport here and as I am not bearing any clothing denoting my status, it would make sense that they think I am someone without skill.
That gives me the opportunity to take them off guard, but for that I need energy.
Sighing I slump back into the wall. I will take the next couple hours to rest and make my escape once the light has disappeared from my prison. For now, sleep.