A Gaze of Flint by Sandy Hyatt-James

Author:Sandy Hyatt-James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2013-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

When passing the Civic Square and the Municipal Buildings, on his way to his apartment, Orion noticed Jacosta’s office light was still on, even though it was eight in the evening. In the hope of her being able to help him solve the puzzle of the Earth child’s whereabouts, he called in.

She glanced up when he entered the room. “You look happy! Have you won at fencing again?”

He came over and sat opposite her desk. Her smile disappeared upon noticing his tousled hair and grubby shirt underneath a creased tunic. The topaz pin, which he always wore at the tunic’s neck, was also partially unfastened.

He followed her gaze downwards. “Please forgive my appearance,” he said. “I’ve just come back through the Barrier and there’s been no time to freshen up.”

Alarm shot into Jacosta’s mind, which in turn called for adrenaline to rush into her heart. She fought to keep her breathing even. “You….you’ve been with the Earth Seer?”

“Yes, we’ve spent all day looking for the Earth child, but we couldn’t find her. I can’t understand it. I’ve searched everywhere, even the two empty flats and Elizabeth even got the Earth Police to search the block of flats again, but still nothing.

She looked at his handsome profile when he turned away in thought. The easy way in which he now used the Earth Seer’s name and his appearance said so much; more that she really wanted to know.

He had no idea of her suspicion.

She got up and looked out of her window at the floodlit fountain. “As it happens, an hour before you arrived, Dorta sent word that one of her Detectors has picked up that the child’s being kept in a small, confined space.”

He turned back to her. “But is she still in the same block of flats.”

“Oh yes. That hasn’t changed.”

“Then I’m completely in the dark.”

She wanted to scream out, that’s because you and that….Earth woman….have been exploring each other, rather than using more lateral methods to uncover the Earth child’s whereabouts!

But, she pulled herself together, determined not to demean herself with jealousy. “I think the child’s more in the dark than you, given where she’s been put.” She pulled up a chair and sat beside him. “What is it, Orion? Has this last trip to the Earth world got you brain-addled?”

A look of realisation appeared on his face. “A cupboard? You mean, the child must be in a small, dark cupboard?”

“I can’t think of any other confined space, given that you and….she have made such a thorough search of everywhere else today.”

He thought again for a moment. “A cupboard? Then I’ll have to go back and search all the cupboards. Though, it’s going to be difficult to rifle through every cupboard, in the entire building! Even if I’m invisible, the flat owners would either have a fit, or die of fright when seeing their belongings moved about by, what they’d perceive as an unknown force. But I suppose, I could wait until they’re out at work or shopping….

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