Arthur Quinn and the Father of Lies Trilogy by Alan Early

Author:Alan Early
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: irish books, books for children, irish authors of childrens books, arthur quinn, fenris wolf, world serpent, loki, father of lies trilogy, alan early, viking mythology, allen early, the thor, thor thor, norse, norse mythology, fantasy
Publisher: Mercier Press

As soon as the bus pulled up outside Belmont School, Ash got off and marched towards their classroom before Arthur could catch up. After he’d described his dream in detail to her and emphasised again his theory about her dog, the atmosphere in the upper deck of the bus had turned icy.

‘So Loki’s second child is definitely a wolf,’ she’d said. ‘I believe that much. What I don’t believe is that you still think that my little puppy is that very wolf!’

‘But–’

‘Look, we know Loki has a gang of raiders. We know that whatever he wants was in the museum. And where was Ice through all of that? At home.’

‘Ash don’t be so–’

Without another word, Ash had changed seats. Arthur stared at the back of her head for the rest of the journey to school. If she won’t listen, he thought, I’ll have to act. I’ll do something. But what?

The morning bell had already rung when they’d reached the school and Arthur walked across the car-park by himself, watching his friend trudge ahead of him.

‘Hi, Arthur!’ a voice called from behind him. Without even turning around, he knew it was Ellie.

‘Hi, Ellie,’ he said, still facing forward. ‘You’re late.’

‘So are you,’ she said as she caught up with him. Ex was trailing alongside her, kicking pebbles out of his path as usual. Ellie noticed Ash storm through the main entrance of the school ahead of them. ‘Did you and Ash have a falling out?’ she asked.

‘You could say that.’

‘What about?’

‘Long story.’ He liked Ellie but he really wasn’t up for her constant stream of queries this morning, so he picked up the pace to a jog. ‘Come on. Or Miss Keegan will give us detention.’

‘Oh, look who’s turned up!’ said the teacher as the three of them piled in the door sheepishly, only moments after Ash had arrived in. ‘Did everyone sleep in this morning?’

‘Sorry, Miss,’ Arthur said, taking his seat next to Ash. He could feel her stiffening beside him as he sat down.

‘Apology accepted, Arthur,’ Miss Keegan went on. ‘I was just reminding the class that our annual parent–teacher meeting will take place this evening from six. Just be sure to remind your parents it’s on in case they’ve forgotten.’

‘Miss!’ Ellie said, raising her arm. ‘Our parents are on a dig in Greece.’

‘Yes, I’m aware of that, Ellie. You can invite your guardian.’

‘But that’s my grandfather, Miss. He’s nearly blind and he can’t drive any more.’

‘Just let him know anyway, Ellie,’ Miss Keegan said, exasperated.

The remainder of the day didn’t go as quickly as Arthur would have liked. In fact, occasionally it felt as if time had not only ground to a halt, but was flowing backwards. He was sure he spotted the minute hand on the clock over the blackboard tick backwards at one stage. Ash avoided him all day, sending glares his way during lunch as she sat with Ciara O’Connor. He ate lunch with Ellie, Ex and Rob Tynan, who wouldn’t shut up about motor-racing the whole time.

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