Holmberg, D K - The Elder Stones 01 - The Darkest Revenge by Holmberg D K

Author:Holmberg, D K [Holmberg, D K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2019-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

23

Haern

Fatigue settled through him. They had been wandering the city for the best part of the day, and so far, they still hadn’t come across anyone that he thought to be Carth. Galen had been quiet, choosing to have them meander along the docks. From here, close to the water, the waves crashing along the shore were soothing. Spray misted toward his face, and he wiped his hand across his brow to clean it off. The salt in the air had a cleansing effect.

Haern rarely walked along the shores in Elaeavn, and doing so here in Asador felt somewhat strange. It wasn’t so much that he was uncomfortable. Out in this part of the city, there was less of the commotion found deeper inland. Dockworkers and fishermen and merchants all moved, but everybody had a purpose to their step, nothing like the meandering pace in other parts of the city. He hadn’t felt threatened since leaving the tavern, as if heading away from the Dirty Sail and toward the docks protected them somehow.

It allowed him to simply be within Asador.

Every so often, Galen would pause and stare out at the ships. Was there something about the ships that he tried to find? He stared at some of them, watching as they moved in and out of the harbor. Some were enormous ships with massive sails that caught the air until they were lowered, while others were smaller and sleeker, less likely to be used for transporting goods.

“What’s out there?” Haern asked after they had trailed along the shore for a while.

“I’m just looking for anything that would tell me Carth is here.”

“She traveled by ship?”

“Almost exclusively.”

“Is she a smuggler?”

“She is many things. I suppose she might have been a smuggler at one point, but it’s probably not the kind of smuggling you would understand.”

“What kind of smuggling did she do?”

“People.”

Haern stared out at the water, frowning. “She smuggled people?”

“She wasn’t a slaver, if that’s where your mind is going. She rescued people.” Galen turned toward him, fixing Haern with a weighty gaze. “Not everyone outside of Elaeavn is good. In fact, there are a great number of terrible people outside of the city.”

“And is Carth…”

“Carth is not one of them. Like I said, she might be many things, but she’s also one of the best people I’ve ever met.”

The longer they searched for her, the more he wondered just what kind of person she would be. His mother feared Carth, and it sounded like his father did too. Learning what kind of man Galen was left Haern thinking anyone he worked with would have been a criminal, but he spoke almost reverently about Carth.

“Have you seen anything that would help you know if she’s out there?”

“Not yet. It’s still too early.”

“Are we just going to wander the shores until we come across her?”

“I haven’t decided,” Galen said. “Are you just going to keep peppering me with questions?”

“I don’t know what else to do. I thought we would find her more quickly.

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