Chronicles of the Half-Emrys Box Set (Books 1-3) by Lisa Rector

Author:Lisa Rector
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-06-22T23:00:00+00:00

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Rhianu woke from a constant nudging at her shoulder. Hearing a subtle shh, she rolled over and peered into Einion’s dimpled smile, evident in the fire’s low-burning embers.

“Is everything all right? What time is it?” she asked.

“Middle of the night. Everything’s fine, but I wanted you to see something.” Einion grabbed her hand and practically dragged her to a sitting position and to her feet. “Come over to the lake.”

His urgent whisper chilled her spine. The guard still slept except for those standing watch. “Don’t you ever sleep?”

“I slept some, but I knew what we’d find later in the night.” He pulled her to the beach’s edge.

Her toes curled around large pebbles on the shore. No breeze stirred the cool night air. Before her, the stars in the night sky shone clearly, and Rhianu made out the patterns of the star pictures on the lake’s perfect, mirror surface. Looking straight ahead, she thought nothing else existed in the world but the stars in the sky, as if she stood in a sphere of glass.

“Beautiful,” she murmured under her breath.

“Wait, that’s not all. Observe the water. Over there near the far shore.”

Rhianu focused her eyes, squinting into the darkness. She held her breath but exhaled when she saw a tiny boat, no longer than two feet, on the water. “What is that?” she whispered.

“Watch.” Einion held her hand with his warm fingers entwined in hers.

A miniature figure in the boat appeared, no, two figures, like tacky gnomes the mortals decorated their gardens with. They rowed into the middle of the water.

“Don’t make a sound, or you’ll scare them off,” Einion said.

The little creatures in the boat each cast a fine fishing line without a sinker or any bait. The thread floated on the water’s surface with a slight shimmer.

“They have to wait for the water to become still again. Watch.” Einion tightened his fingers, and her stomach swirled from the intensity of his grip. A quiet awe slipped beneath her skin and tingled her arms.

As soon as the water became still, the creatures in the boat reeled the line in. Not a movement or a tug on the line signaled they had caught anything. As the thread rose out of the water, a light winked on the end.

“What is that, Einion?”

The little gnomes held up a jar and shook the line, knocking the light into the container.

“Star Fishers. Only on such a night as this, when the sky is cloudless and the water is still, can stars be caught on their silken threads. The water must not move or they won’t capture the light.”

“You must be joking. They’re not catching stars.” Rhianu gaped at him.

“Am I? Observe. They throw the line again.”

The Star Fishers threw in the line, and when the water became still they reeled in another light. They opened the jar and shook the line again.

“What do they do with the light?” Rhianu asked.

“Spread hope.”

“No, seriously.”

“You don’t think I’m serious, do you? Am I one big laugh to you?” Einion looked hurt, though the pressure on her hand never slackened.

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