from Nefastus Venereæ
“We havta get ya outa there, we do. The Nightgaunts’ll be huntin’ ya. There’re no dark places they can’t go. Once they have yer scent, they’ll find ya, they will.”
As if to illustrate that point, a noise like bare feet slapping on stone echoed in the distance. The direction was impossible to determine.
- Amber finds the ruins of Sarkomand. Passing between diorite sphynges, she leaves surface for the underworld. By doing so, she thinks to ditch the predators chasing her, but only ends up trading one type of hunter for another, far more dangerous one.
Read this first: First Excerpt from ‘Amber Nights.’
