Seven Stones: Part Thirty-Three
Previously on Seven Stones: Anessa and Kobb discover a strange portal at the heart of the insect’s lair. Before they can investigate, a horrific creature reaches through. Unable to kill the monster, they hurt it enough that it withdraws, closing the portal as it goes. Deprived of the magic, the tower begins to collapse around Anessa and Kobb. Stumbling out, they find the possessed villagers advancing from all directions.
Anessa drew her turf hook. “We dealt with the monster. Why are the people still…?”
“I don’t think it brought the insects here.” Kobb straightened and unsheathed his rapier. “It think they summoned it.”
The gantry rocked as the closest villagers pulled themselves up it.
Anessa’s weapon drooped. “We can’t — ”
The platform lurched beneath them. A jagged tearing sound drowned out the clatter of metal. Fragments of tower spun inward, leaving the back of the gantry unsupported. Anessa dived towards Kobb. Wrapped around him, she bounced and jolted to the ground.
Agony ran along her spine as she crashed onto the tangled mass of wood, but she kept her fingers gripped tight on the handle of her turf hook.
Kobb rolled off her, groaning.
