Fighting Witch by Vic Connor

Author:Vic Connor [Connor, Vic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Helvetic House
Published: 2017-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

NOTRE BELLE TERRE

“One ought to hold on to one’s heart;

for if one lets it go,

one soon loses control of the head, too.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Chapter 27

By the time Lauraleigh and I woke up, the sun was bright and high in the sky. Through my half-open eyes, I saw Evelyne, still sitting cross-legged by the fire. Her eyes were closed, and I thought she might be sleeping — but as soon as we stirred, she looked over at us.

“Why didn’t you wake us up?” I yawned. “It feels like we slept half the morning away.”

“There’s time enough. You both needed the sleep.”

“And I thank you for that!” Lauraleigh said with a perky smile.

“How can you be so happy?” I asked, thinking there was something unnatural about people this chipper in the morning. Especially after having to sleep on the ground in Wendigo country. “Don’t you think it’s slightly… aberrant?” Hearing me using that word would make Sister Constance proud — I only remembered it because it took a dozen tries to spell it properly.

Lauraleigh kept smiling. “Maybe,” she said. “Except, I just didn’t care about sleeping on the ground. All night long, I dreamt about a bed. A really soft, big and warm bed.” She chuckled.

I couldn’t help but mirror her smile. I couldn’t stay grumpy for long around Lauraleigh. Once again, she managed to make the best out of the situation. I wished some of that would rub off on me after spending so much time together. On my own, I’m just not that naturally cheery.

I placed Squire and Knight on a stump of wood and started rolling up my sleeping bag. Before I finished, Evelyne handed us each a plate. “Breakfast.”

I wouldn’t call reconstituted eggs and sausage breakfast, but I wasn’t about to complain. I still felt hungry, even though we’d eaten so much the night before.

“Your mother’s clues led us to Chudo,” Evelyne said, sitting with her plate by the fire. “He thought we should head north, so as soon as you’re packed, we’ll go in that direction.”

It seemed to me like ‘north’ covered an awful lot of territory. “Where exactly?”

“It doesn’t matter where,” Evelyne replied. “We’re still in Wendigo country, and we must move outside of its realm. Right now, it matters only that we head north and place ourselves beyond the Wendigo’s reach.” Evelyne tossed her leftover food in the fire.

“Wait—” I started to say.

Evelyne stopped me with a frosty stare. “What?”

“Nothing. Jeez, never mind.” Like I’d tell her she shouldn’t throw food away that I could still eat? I didn’t think so. I figured I’d better change the subject altogether. “How come we—”

“Chudo was tired,” she interrupted. “I had him drop us off, because I knew that otherwise, he couldn’t get where he needed to go to recover. So now we must walk out of here, away from the Wendigo.” She started collecting her things in a pile. “You need to shrink your belongings so we can leave.”

“Squire and Knight can carry things for us,” I said. “Or they can scout ahead and let us know if there is anything to be concerned about.

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