Garden of the Moon by Elizabeth Sinclair

Author:Elizabeth Sinclair [Sinclair, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Paranormal, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9781933836980
Google: tD5LA_8Hjb4C
Amazon: 1933836989
Publisher: Medallion Press
Published: 2009-11-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

All the way back to Harrogate Sara thought about Clarice’s parting words.

I know Katherine’s sprit haunts Harrogate.

Had she, too, experienced Katherine’s spirit at Harrogate? Had there been more than that one incident with the crow? She had said she never came to Harrogate anymore. Was it more than just having felt Katherine’s presence in the house? It seemed Sara had gotten answers by coming to Candlewick and was now going away with even more unanswered questions. She made a vow to discuss it with Clarice on her next visit with the old woman.

Deep in thought on the ride home, Sara didn’t note that anything was wrong at Harrogate until they were more than half way down the long drive leading to the house. Then she saw it…a huge column of black smoke filling the sky and coming from behind the house. It billowed and curled over Harrogate like the hand of a fiery demon, throwing sparks into the air with all the abandon of a child.

Samuel must have seen it, too, because he’d whipped the horse into a run. Instead of stopping in front, he drove the horses and carriage around to the side of the house. Only then could she see the most frightening sight she’d ever witnessed.

The horse barn was a pillar of roaring flames licking at the afternoon sky. Field hands raced from the well to the barn carrying buckets of water to throw on the inferno. Julie tried to organize them into a bucket brigade. Her strident voice could barely be heard above the roar of the fire. Sara jumped from the carriage. The intense heat from the fire slapped her in the face.

She gasped for air, then sped toward Julie. “What happened?”

Julie continued to direct the field hands. “Get more water on the doorway. We have to get the horses out.” She turned to Sara. Beads of sweat ran down Julie’s cheeks, mixing with the soot that streaked her face. “I don’t know…what happened. Chloe…spotted the flames from the kitchen…window and alerted me.” Julie’s breathless voice was growing raspy from yelling orders and breathing in the smoke. “By the time…I got here, the barn…the barn was engulfed in flames.”

Sara couldn’t believe what she was seeing. The loss of the barn was nothing in comparison to the livestock trapped inside. No sooner had the thought passed through her mind than the door burst open, and the noise of a dozen plow horse and four riding mounts racing from the fire while screaming in terror filled the air. They all disappeared into the trees bordering the road.

Heaving a relieved sigh, Sara’s attention went back to the burning structure. At the top of the barn, flames licked out the hay hole like a dragon belching fire. Their long orange fingers curled around the old wood igniting it in seconds.

Sara jumped into the fray, grabbed a bucket, and passed it on to the line of men and women leading to the well. Bucket after bucket passed through her hands until her shoulders burned with the exertion and her palms were almost raw.

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