Cloud Lands Saga Box Set Books 1-3 by Katie Pottle

Author:Katie Pottle [Pottle, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapphire Eye Press
Published: 2017-09-23T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Red Visitors

“Cadin! I thought you were going to wake up early to go with Leptan into town before school today!” Sara shouted from downstairs.

Cadin awoke with a start and tried to make sense of what his mom was saying. Lep, town, school.

“Right, coming,” he answered. He had forgotten about his plans with Lep to go to the leather-smith which was always open early in the mornings.

“Better hurry,” Sara said. “I see him coming up the street.”

“Shoot,” Cadin said as he tore his room apart trying to find his other shoe.

“Hi Leptan, come on in. Cadin will be down in a second.”.

“Found it!” He exclaimed to himself. He ran down the stairs and almost stumbled onto his friend.

“Whoa. Just wake up?” Lep teased as he patted Cadin’s messy hair.

“Cut it out. You want to do this or what?”

“Heck yeah, let’s go.”

Cadin shook the sleep from his eyes. He had stayed up late reading a textbook for a reference to a homework assignment. When he reached the chapter on the history of the past cloud-land wars, he didn’t want to put it down and read well into the night.

Sara pressed breakfast muffins into both boys’ hands on their way out and told them to be safe in town and hurry so that they were not late for school. They both were eating on the walk into town and therefore more quiet than usual. Gur accepted the offered bits of muffin as they took in the stunning sunrise. The clouds morphed from bruised darks to reflecting vibrant pinks, oranges, yellows and reds. They were towards the center of the cloud-land and could not see down to Earth, but Cadin knew the sight would be spectacular.

“Check it out—old Toey is in,” Lep said, as the leather shop came into view. Toey was the common nickname for the old shop owner Arthur who had gotten his toes eaten off by a dragon he was attempting to slay for its hide. The dragon got away with four of Arthur’s toes and Arthur got away with a limp and healthy respect for dragons.

“Morning boys, what can I do for you?” Arthur said from behind the counter.

“Em,” Lep cleared his throat and stepped forward. “I would like you make a sheath for this,” he said as he put his dagger up on the counter, “… and... well, I need to know how much it's gonna cost.”

Arthur eyed the dagger before picking it up and then weighed it in his hand. “Hmm…” he said while balancing it gently on one finger. It did not wobble which made Cadin smile. He had been told the balance between blade and handle was of the utmost importance when making a throwing dagger. “Nicely done, but not Talvarian’s work—where did you get it?”

“From Cadin here,” Lep said, giving Cadin a friendly push. “Talvarian’s son.”

“That would explain the similarities. Well done, boy,” he said to Cadin before turning his attention back to Lep. “I assume you need the sheath to be secure and quickly accessible?”

“Yes.

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