The Temple of Yellow Skulls

Authors: Don Bassingthwaite

BOOK: The Temple of Yellow Skulls

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he pain reminded him of just how alive he was. Dark spots danced in front of the green witchlight and Uldane almost slipped back down again. He clenched his teeth together, forced himself to stay on his feet, and took stock of his injuries. Head: throbbing and bleeding like a widow’s sympathy from a gash across his scalp, but his skull felt whole. Side: bleeding as well from a jagged tear that was already clotting up and would probably leave an ugly scar. Leathers: ruined. Shoulder: He tried moving his arm and felt a new flare of agony, but there was no grinding of broken bones. Dislocated. Grimly, Uldane staggered down the last bit of the curved wall to the floor of the chamber, then over to one of the massive columns that supported the tangled stairs and walkways above. Fixing Raid’s loathsome, burned face in his mind, he let all of his rage bubble up to the surface. “Bastard!” he muttered. He trotted back and forth in front of the pillar, working himself up until he was shaking. “Goblin kisser. Traitor. Knuckle-dragging, wind-breaking, bottom-feeding—
aahh!”
Before he could lose his nerve, he slammed himself hard into the pillar, dislocated shoulder first. The joint snapped back into place with a soft pop and a burst of pain that sent a wave of darkness over Uldane’s eyes. When it cleared, he found himself on his backside with tears in his eyes.

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The Temple of Yellow Skulls
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