We ran into the forest of icicles, and I latched onto the half-blood’s arm. It was dark again and my heart lurched each time I heard the sound of Levent and Theteau’s blade crashing together.
“Levent had better win, or I’ll kill him,” Kewyn muttered venomously.
“The entire reason you’re here instead of your dad was so you could find out what happened to your husband, isn’t it?” Rio asked as we finally emerged into the chamber at the bottom of the pit.
“Is that a problem?” the blonde snarled.
“Of course not,” the half-blood said. “I’d just rather know when a girl’s fixing for some revenge so I can stay a god’s mile away.”
“Guys,” I said. The sword noises were either echoing or getting louder. We finally reached the bottom of the pit, but even with my eyes adjusted I could hardly see a thing.
“Well you know now,” Kewyn snapped.
Rio gave a sarcastic chuckle.
“Guys!” I screamed.
They both turned to me as if they had forgotten I was there.
“Concentrate for me, will you?” I said.
Kewyn nodded. “Of course. We need to figure out a way to get out of here right now.”
“Aye, you’re right. We do happen to be at the bottom of a great big pit,” Rio said, walking onto the grate.
The blonde wandered around the perimeter of the chamber like she was hunting something down. I listened to the sword fighting increase in fervor before she suddenly asked, “What’s this over here?”
“What’s what over where?” Rio said before trotting over to her, leaning over to examine something in the dark. I heard the sound of something creaking open. Glancing nervously toward the sound of Levent and Theteau, I ran over to them
“It’s definitely mechanical,” Kewyn said. She reached into the metal box at her feet, prodding something inside.
“Yes, but what does it do?” Rio asked before leaning back and gesturing at the thing. “Can it even do anything? It’s been down here freezing for how long?”
“Thaw it,” the blonde instructed.