Everflame by Dylan Lee Peters

Author:Dylan Lee Peters [Peters, Dylan Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9781105453328
Google: W7dLCAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B008QZMX7E
Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc
Published: 2013-06-01T02:45:48+00:00

Chapter 17:

Poor Ale and A Fine Bear

Evercloud tried to keep his head down as he walked into the village. It was just about midday and the streets of Hendrick were full of people tending to their daily business. Evercloud had never seen so many humans before. He felt alien. Everything was so foreign about these people who looked just like he did. The way they dressed and the way that they walked and even their smell seemed so exotic. He was unable to keep his head down for very long and before he knew what he was doing, he began gawking at people as they passed him on the street.

“Whatchoo lookin’ at?” said a man Evercloud was staring at. The man startled Evercloud. He wasn’t aware that he had been doing anything wrong.

“Sorry,” he uttered, turning his head back to the path in front of him and walking quickly away from the man. They’re going to figure you out, thought Evercloud. He vowed to keep his head down until he reached the village authorities, but it wasn’t long before his senses and curiosities betrayed him again. A woman with long, blonde hair and a violet dress was coming toward him as he walked. As she came closer, he noticed that she smelled of the most wonderful fragrance. He wondered what it might be. As she began to pass him, he turned his head toward her and sniffed at her, intoxicated by her fragrance.

“How rude,” the woman said and slapped Evercloud on the cheek. Many villagers who had seen what happened began to point and laugh at Evercloud. His face turned bright red and he shuffled away from the scene as quickly as he could, enveloped in the heat of embarrassment.

The slap to the face had been enough to remind Evercloud to mind his business, and it wasn’t long before he had found what seemed to be a village officer. The man was standing outside of the bakery, looking around at the crowds, doing everything that he could to seem imposing and important. Standing tall, arms folded, eyeing suspicious characters. He wore a little hat that had a star upon it. He reminded Evercloud of the castle guards back on Gray Mountain. The fellow was taller than most, but he was also rounder than most and had a funny, little growth of hair on his upper lip. Evercloud laughed to himself that this man was counted on to protect the villagers. He gathered himself and approached the man.

“Excuse me, Sir,” said Evercloud. The officer looked at him and twitched his mustache, squinting his eyes.

“Yes. What is it?”

“Sir, I was traveling this morning from Yorebrook when just outside of your village, I was ambushed by a group of bandits. They stole everything I had, except for my clothes.”

The officer squinted even more. “Yorebrook, eh. Well that explains why I don’t recognize you. What’s your name, lad?”

Evercloud searched his mind for a name. He’d forgotten to come up with one. What is a man name? he thought.

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