Hello writers and readers, good Thursday to all, here one excerpt of Hyperearth :
Hennig nodded in
agreement. Bear was the first to set foot on the bridge, followed by Mary,
Kestrel, and the lynx. Even if it swayed at times, the bridge seemed rather
secure. The wood that they walked on creaked, causing them some apprehension,
but they managed to reach the end.
Bear raised his
hand to signal for the others to cross. Only, while the others had set foot on
the bridge, Kestrel stepped on some branches that momentarily woke the
gatekeeper. He opened his eyelids a crack several times, still sleepy. However,
he then caught sight of Bear and Kestrel, who both looked petrified. The
gatekeeper woke up at once. He had yellow eyes and shouts that sounded more
like a wild animal growling. Frightened, Mary screamed. The man was ready to
leap at Kestrel, but the lynx attacked him just in time, throwing him to the
ground. As soon as the rest of the group reached the other side of the bridge,
Hennig helped to pick up the fainted gatekeeper and put him back in the chair.
“Let’s put him
back how he was before, so as to not arouse suspicion,” Bear ordered. “Give me
a white mushroom.”
“Since he’s
fainted, it’s best to give it to him in powder form,” Hennig suggested.
Bear crushed the
white mushroom with a stone, poured it in the man’s mouth, and then washed it
down with water. “Good. For a day he’ll be just fine, and beautifully rested,”
he said.
“Beautiful?”
Mary exclaimed. “Are you kidding, Bear? With those eyes, he scares the wits out
of me.”
“I’m sorry you’ve
had to go through this,” Bear apologized. “But luckily we managed. Let’s take
his keys.”
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