Bridge of Dreams by Anne Bishop

Author:Anne Bishop [Bishop, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Romance
ISBN: 9780451463814
Goodreads: 11515995
Publisher: Roc
Published: 2012-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

“Any sign of the Apothecary?” Lee asked.

“Nothing has changed since you asked me a minute ago,” Zeela replied. “Nothing is going to change a minute from now either. Thought I’d save us both the annoyance of you asking again.”

“No need to get snippy about it.”

“You think this is snippy? I can show you—”

A hummm of sound. Not knowing what was private and what Zhahar would be willing to share with everyone in their party about the Tryad, he didn’t ask about that hummm. He had decided for himself that when the sisters who weren’t in view were close enough to the surface for him to sense their presence, he translated their proximity as voices speaking in unison. When they were submerged to rest or allow a sister some privacy, the voice he heard became singular. This hummm was new—probably them discussing something with each other.

Lee waited. When it became clear that the sisters weren’t going to include him in a conversation, he said, “What did Zhahar say?”

“She said you didn’t have a bowel movement this morning and that’s why you’re cranky,” Zeela snapped.

Kobrah, who was sitting farther back in the wagon, snorted out a laugh but said, “If you have to fart, aim it out the window. No reason I have to smell it in here.”

“It would scare the horse,” Zeela replied in a prim tone that was more suited to Sholeh. “And we wouldn’t want that, would we?”

Lee sighed and wished Zhahar would come into view, but Zeela could handle the horse and wagon, which was why she was on the driving seat while he and Kobrah hid inside. A man wearing dark glasses would be noticed. And a man with limited sight wouldn’t be able to spot danger until it was on top of him.

So he and Kobrah stayed hidden, and Zeela sat outside and waited for the Apothecary to return from the bazaar with some supplies.

“Watching the pot doesn’t make the water boil faster,” Zeela said. “But when you don’t pester the grown-ups, things do happen.”

It was tempting to reach through the window behind the driving seat and slug her in the arm, but he was pretty sure Zeela lived by the “hit back and hit harder” rule of physical discussion, and he would be the one who ended up bruised.

“What’s happened?” he asked.

“Apothecary is coming.” She sounded wary, despite her voice being barely loud enough to be heard. “And it doesn’t look like he found much at the bazaar. Close the window and stay quiet. Tell Kobrah to latch the top half of the door and open the bottom half a handspan so he knows which part to use.”

Lee relayed the instructions to Kobrah, then secured one shutter and closed the other until there was a two-finger strip of light. Holding the shutter in place, he waited.

A minute later, the Apothecary pushed open the bottom half of the door, set the carry sacks inside, and muttered, “Lock this up,” as he pulled the door closed.

Lee

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