Chapter 610: Give Up? Or Die!

Asher Jauncy didn't know how long he'd been out. Maybe it had been a heartbeat. Maybe it had been far longer. Behind his eyelids, bands of color flickered-bright, dim, bright again-like a song being played with all its sound stripped away. Then the light scattered. His awareness crept back in, rising inch by inch from a deep, muddy haze. Asher opened his eyes. Sunlight stabbed into his pupils. He squinted, waited until the glare eased, then slowly opened them all the way. And froze. He was...