Hazel's Heart by Terri Reid

Author:Terri Reid [Reid, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-three

Hazel slipped out of the car and looked around but only saw a large field and woods in the distance. “How far are we running?” she asked.

“Not far,” Joseph said, coming around the car to her.

“Is it like Brigadoon, hidden somewhere?” she said, gazing around again.

He smiled. “Something like that,” he replied. Then he turned to Rowan and Henry. “Ready?”

“Sure, lead the way,” Rowan said.

They ran down the narrow deer path, and Hazel noticed that as the path angled downwards, the grass got taller, and they slowly sunk out of sight. “This is amazing,” she said as the path widened and she could run alongside Joseph. “Total optical illusion.”

He nodded. “We have been cultivating the grass like that for decades,” he said.

What do you do when it snows?” she asked, her question coming out in short breaths.

“We’ve trained the snowdrifts to lay in levels too,” he said with a smile.

She sent him a look of pure skepticism, and he laughed. “No, for that we use the same kind of magic we use to hide the town from above,” he said. The path ended in a small clearing, and they all stopped and caught their breath.

“Speaking of magic,” Joseph continued, “the power used to hide the village is not an ability that all townsfolk have. It is for the high priest, my grandfather, and then passed down through his line. The people here have led sheltered lives, and many believe in old superstitions.”

Hazel eyed him. “Like kill the witch?” she asked.

He nodded slowly, looking at Hazel. “They believe in healers,” he said. “So, we don’t have a problem there…”

“But you don’t want me raining down puppies and kittens in the middle of the town square,” she interrupted.

“Pretty much,” he said.

“No problem,” she said with an understanding smile. “I’ll be on my best behavior.”

He stepped forward and pushed aside a thick bush. “Welcome to Wulffolk,” he said.

They stepped past him through a dense grove and then out the other side to see the beautiful Alpine village before them.

“It’s gorgeous,” Rowan said. “It’s like a fairytale city.”

Joseph nodded. “You can see the steeple of the church, just a half-mile from here,” he explained. “That’s where Gabriella’s sick room is.”

“Lead the way,” Henry said. “And we’ll follow.”

Joseph jogged ahead, leading them onto the cobblestone street, and then hurried them through the town square and towards the church. Many of the townspeople, dressed in traditional Bavarian clothing, stared at them as they ran alongside Joseph.

Hazel glanced around, smiling as she ran past the gawkers. “We could have dressed differently,” she said. “If that would have helped.”

“Thank you,” he said. “But what you are wearing is not important. Getting you to Gabriella is.”

The large oak doors to the church opened when they were only a few yards away, and a tall, distinguished-looking, older man stepped out. “I see you brought them,” he said with a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Willoughbys. I am Henrich Norwalk, Joseph’s grandfather, and we are very grateful.”

“Don’t thank us yet,” Rowan said as she ran up the stairs.

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