Dagger's Sleep (Beyond the Tales Book 1) by Tricia Mingerink
Author:Tricia Mingerink [Mingerink, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sword & Cross Publishing
Published: 2018-05-27T22:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TWENTY
Rosanna
SHE CHOKED ON EACH breath. Her heart thundered in her ears. Too close. The Tuckawassee were too close. Her legs werenât strong enough. Her gasping lungs wouldnât hold out.
Her hand in Daemynâs grew hot, sweaty, but she didnât let go. He didnât either, as if by his grip on her he could save them both.
He couldnât. She slowed him down.
They were running downhill now. Ahead lay a small waterfall and creek set in a hollow too peaceful for the danger stalking their heels.
Daemyn jerked her to the right. âOver here.â He led her to a section of boulders just below the hollowâs rim. Moving aside a fallen log, Daemyn exposed a small nook created by a crack in a boulder. It would be barely big enough for Rosanna, if she curled up small. âGet in.â
She didnât question him. The dirt and leaves in the nook pressed damp against her hands and knees. She couldnât think about the spiders or rodents or snakes that might inhabit a place like this. Sitting with her back to the stone and her knees tucked against her chest, she fit.
Daemyn crouched and met her gaze. âWhatever happens, donât move. Donât make a sound. Stay here. Iâll be back for you. It might take a while, but I will come back.â
How could he be so sure? âWhat if they kill you?â
His mouth quirked at one corner. âIâm rather hard to kill, as theyâll soon learn. Donât worry. Iâll come back for you. Please promise youâll stay here.â
She nodded. âI promise.â
He pulled the straight-bladed, old-fashioned dagger from his belt. After taking the clear-stoned ring from his finger, he held both the ring and the dagger out to her. âTake care of these for me, all right?â
She took them. Why was he giving these to her? He had seemed so sure he wouldnât be killed, yet giving her the ring and dagger seemed like he thought he would be. It didnât make sense.
But Daemyn didnât have time to waste explaining to her. âBe careful.â
With a nod, he moved the log back into place and scattered dead leaves and fallen twigs across it until only a few shafts of sunlight pierced through. From the outside, he must be making it appear as if that log had been undisturbed for years.
The rustle of leaves and scuffing of his feet moved off slowly. Rosanna leaned forward to peer through one of the remaining gaps.
Daemyn smoothed the leaves and twigs where theyâd left the trail, then he barreled down the rest of the trail to the creek in a rush, leaving enough disturbed leaves and skid marks in the dirt to look like at least two people had come through.
When he reached a broad, flat stone beside the creek, he turned and planted his staff as if forming a wall the Tuckawassee wouldnât be able to knock down.
What was Daemyn doing? Shouldnât he be trying to outrun the Tuckawassee? Use the creek to hide his tracks and get away? Instead, he looked like he intended to fight the Tuckawassee armed with nothing but a stick.
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