Chapter 19A catastrophic blast exploded somewhere beneath the belly of the carriage. Horses screamed and whinnied. The crash and splintering of wood was deafening and seemed to be coming from everywhere at once. The smell of burning gunpowder filled the air. A second blast joined the first. Elis was slammed into the carriage door and thrown through it. He fell and landed face first in a deep pile of snow. His ears were filled with nothing but a low buzz, leaving him dizzy and disorientated. The shock of white after the dark interior of the carriage had him blinking hard to focus his vision.
He tried to move, but sank further into the snow, cold enveloping his bare hands. His still healing, freshly abused chest was tight. He gasped for breath, immediately filling his lungs with bitter, sti
