Hugo and the Bird by Jeff Mills

Author:Jeff Mills
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2018-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Orleg

The euphoria of the rescue was beginning to subside, and Bird was deep in conference with several of the most senior gnomes, with Barguff taking the position of unelected chairman. Each aspect of the rescue was analysed and discussed, when a small voice from outside the house they had gathered in started to call,

“Orleg! Orleg! Has anyone seen my daughter? Orleg!”

Suddenly, Bird and Barguff simultaneously remembered seeing Morgana take the young gnome and feed her something, leaving her on the bench in the cave.

“Did you rescue Orleg?” enquired Barguff, looking hopefully at Bird.

“No. I thought that someone else had picked her up.”

“We have to go back and get her,” Barguff said, raising himself out of his chair, as if to go at that very moment.

“Stop!” insisted Bird. “It would be stupid to go back now. It would put us in even more danger than we are already in. No, what we must do is to make a proper plan of attack and hope that no further harm comes to her.” Adding in his own mind, ‘If she is still alive!’

Barguff was about to argue but then thought better of it and sat back down in his seat.

“What was that thing you used to fight off the goblins?” asked a fat gnome sitting at the far end of the table.

“You mean this.”

Bird pulled the amulet from the feathers around his neck. The flashing gold object brought a sigh of amazement from the assembly and Barrow, a small gnome in a green jacket and floppy red hat, put his hand out to touch it. He screamed in pain as his stubby fingers made contact and he stuffed them into his mouth to ease the pain. A great gasp went up from the others. Several pushed back their stools, as if to make a quick escape.

Carefully, Bird lowered the pendant onto the table in front of them and explained what it was, as far as he knew. He gave a warning. Never, on any occasion, must they touch it and, what was even more important, it was imperative that it never falls into the hands of Morgana as it would give her untold power, from which they would never be able to defeat her.

After a barrage of questions about the amulet, the conversation slowly turned back to planning the defeat of Morgana and those foreign intruders, not forgetting poor Orleg.

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