UnTamed [Book 3]

I'm Housed By A Giant

Sorry I've been so bad about updating- I'm in my second year of uni and I have so much going on. I have a reflection due next Monday, an essay due next Wednesday, and an exam next Friday. Next week is really going to suck... so please forgive me. I promise I haven't forgotten about you!

Chapter Quote:
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that."
~Martin Luther King Jr.
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Chapter 33: I'm Housed By A Giant

Bryn

Being paralyzed and unable to do anything as you watched your friends die was the worst possible thing Bryn had ever experienced. Waking up to find two of her friends talking to a giant that epically dwarfed them and having her boyfriend passed out beside her was the second worst possible thing she'd ever encountered. Well, that was up until Bryn realized she could move. Derek saw though and was instantly by her side.

"Hey! You're up!" Derek exclaimed, rushing to her side.

"Wh- what happened? Where are we? Who's he? Why's Luke unconscious?" Bryn asked in a rush, scrambling up into sitting position. Silena made her way over to Bryn's side. The giant stood up, making the daughter of Zeus feel like an ant. She realized he was big but not that big.

"Easy, friend, I am not going to hurt you," the giant said.

"Who the Hades are you?" Bryn demanded.

"This is Damasen," Derek explained. "He's a friend. He helped Silena and Luke's parents when they were trapped down here."

"What about Luke? What happened to him? Why is he unconscious?!" Bryn cried.

"Hey, calm down, it's okay," Silena consoled. "He took on a lot of curses saving us. I don't know how but he destroyed all the arai."

"How do you not know how he did it?!"

"Well I was blind, and Derek was deaf and not facing Luke. You were the only one facing his direction so you're the only one who could've seen anything he did."

"But all I saw- he was on knees. He didn't do anything. He couldn't have... right?"

Silena and Derek shook their heads, but when Damasen remained silent, Bryn knew he was hiding something. She fully intended on finding out later when Silena and Derek weren't around.

"What curses did he take on?" Bryn questioned.

"Um, too many for me to name but a particularly nasty one is Boomslang venom. It made him bleed from different orifices of his body. I mean I can't tell you who cursed him with that one but they sure knew their torture techniques," Damasen remarked.

"Ryan London. It had to be. That was his specialty," Bryn said. "I would love to kill him myself."

"Once you get back to earth, you can have the chance."

"Oh I would love the chance, but I can't. Luke killed him... some time ago. I have no idea how long we've been here. Feels like forever though."

"At most a week. That's the best I can venture," Damasen replied.

"How are you feeling?" Derek inquired.

"Um, you three are okay. I can move. I can speak. So yeah, I'm okay."

He brushed a piece of hair out of her face. "You sure?"

Bryn nodded. "Yeah. What about you two? No side effects?"