Evermore by Hedlund Jody

Author:Hedlund, Jody
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Northern Lights Press
Published: 2019-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

14

Christopher

I ascended from the dankness of the dungeons and silently berated Mitchell. I’d searched all over the castle ruins for him to no avail. I knew not whether he was off somewhere seeking the so-called hidden treasure or if he was still angry at me for kissing Adelaide.

I had a feeling it was both.

“This is not the time to act like a child, Mitchell,” I whispered with mounting frustration. As I’d searched, I couldn’t shake the foreboding that our enemy was drawing nearer. The heathland was too quiet, containing the calm which came before an attack.

After ascending the steep stairway, I located Adelaide and Tall John waiting in the shelter of an arched doorway near the crumbling front of the keep. “Have you had any luck locating him?”

Tall John shook his head, his narrow face taut with anxiety. “No, my lord.”

Donned in armor, Adelaide wore her surcoat over the metal plates and chain mail. Her hood was up against the cool drizzle and shadowed her. Even so, by the flickering light of Tall John’s torch, her face was pale and drawn.

Over the past two hours she hadn’t fallen asleep again, at least not while I’d remained with her. Though I’d felt her gaze upon me from time to time, she’d kept silent. Part of me had wanted her to fight me and demand she have her own way—like the Adelaide of my childhood would have done. But she’d clearly taken my rebuff to heart and had too much pride to try to persuade me otherwise.

More than once, I’d wanted to spin around and apologize. I couldn’t tell her I was sorry for kissing her, because that would have been a lie. The moment she’d initiated pressure against me, I’d been lost. The desires I’d barely been able to keep in check had come crashing out at full speed. And after releasing them, I hadn’t wanted to stop, which scared me.

Nevertheless, I could have apologized for hurting her, for making our relationship more complicated, and for not being able to give her what she’d yearned for. No matter how much either of us might want to pursue these feelings that had somehow developed between us, we weren’t free to do so.

Moreover, at this moment, other things demanded our attention. Like finding Mitchell and riding on our way before the break of dawn.

“Do you have any idea where he might be looking for the treasure?” I directed my question to Adelaide. While riding the last of the journey to Wellmont, the two had speculated on the clue, the key, what might be hidden, and how to find it.

Adelaide rested her hand on the hilt of her sword. “I suspect he is searching for a keyhole in a place that relates to the pomegranate engraving on the key, anything that signifies wisdom or learning.”

Wellmont no longer contained doors and thus no keyholes, except for in the dungeons. A few of the thick iron doors still remained in some of the cells, and a

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