Assassins by R A Browell

Author:R A Browell [Browell, R A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780951048825
Publisher: Tyne Bridge Publishing
Published: 2018-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

Zoytail Attack

‘Once again, we owe you our debt of gratitude,’ Silky whispered softly into the epona’s ear. Temore’s huge chest was heaving, the flexible skin, expanding like a black umbrella before closing and shrinking back again.

‘I am only sorry that we cannot take you further,’ he replied, ‘but Kelpasia has her feet firmly in the ocean. We await news of the daughter of Vebbia. If you need us again, you need only ask.’

Aegle waited quietly as Hari and Ziggy dismounted, he had listened to news of Lily’s disappearance with sadness. The epona had heard of the Seleni and their unconventional means of executing justice but he remained silent as the boys dismounted, then he joined Temore as they headed back towards the mountains. Silky, Hari and Ziggy watched them disappear in a cloud of dust and then turned and walked resolutely along the isolated jetty. Reaching the end, they stood staring across the lagoon at a city that rose up like a cliff face from the dark water.

‘We could swim, but given the circumstances, I think a more formal entrance to Serenisa is called for. Ziggy, would you mind calling the boatman?’ Silky paused, looking around. ‘I see our friends aren’t here yet!’ she added frostily, her gaze settling on Hari.

Ziggy was already negotiating an antiquated enclosure within which was housed a large weathered horn. It was easily the size of two grown men and although part-covered in algae and remnants of ancient seaweed, Hari could see that it had been carved out of some kind of huge shell, its once shiny surface now covered in small pock-marks which exposed the soft chalky material beneath; the battle scars of time and tide. Ziggy picked up the narrow mouthpiece of the horn and raised it to his lips, blowing gently so that a lone, low note carried wide across the water.

‘Silky, I keep telling you, it was nothing to do with Ziggy or me,’ sighed Hari. ‘We told them not to go. We said you’d not be happy about us splitting up, but at the end of the day we couldn’t stop them. You know they don’t like riding the epona. They don’t get the horse thing, like the rest of us.’ Silky looked back out across the lagoon, her mouth pursed tight as she listened to Hari’s excuses. ‘Look, they said they’d get here!’ he said, flinging his arms in the air in exasperation. ‘You’ve just got to trust them.’

‘And if they don’t?’ she replied tersely. The mist was settling like a soft blanket over the surface of the water.

‘If they don’t, then we go on without them. But they’ll be here, James and Charlie care as much about Lily as you do. They won’t let her down. I know they won’t.’

‘And you’re sure about that?’ she asked, continuing to stare out across the open water. ‘They left you here too.’

‘More than sure,’ Hari replied, standing his ground. ‘I give you my promise that they won’t let us down. They will meet us in Serenisa, I promise they will.

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