Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow by Chris Miller

Author:Chris Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, Christianity, coloring books, activity books
Publisher: Warner Press
Published: 2012-11-26T16:00:00+00:00

Beyond the ancient door doth hide

The way to one whom you must find.

Knock and it will open wide.

I repeated the passage over and over. I hoped to commit as many of the passages to memory as the other Codebearers had. It would be so much easier to travel without lugging the book around all the time. I recited the passage under my breath and looked out over the lake in a blank stare. A storm was building on the far side of the mountain, dark clouds threatening to completely ruin my already difficult day.

A flicker of movement caught my eye in the distant sky. From where I stood it looked like another bird was making its way across the lake. As it approached, my focus cleared and I realized that what I was seeing was not a bird at all. A big, ugly, bat-like creature, dressed in battle armor and carrying a jagged club in one hand, was making its way to where we stood. I recognized it immediately as a Gorewing, one of the creatures I had seen in the forest patrol before we entered Sanctuary.

“We’ve got company!” I shouted, gathering my things together and darting quickly to where Faith picked over what was left of the fish. Crouching low she tucked her head back to cover the saddle and angled her wings slightly out, providing barely enough room to dodge beneath them. I huddled close into the down of her underbelly like a baby chick. The smell of fish guts invaded my nostrils. I held my breath, both to avoid the smell, and in fear of being found.

The Gorewing lowered its flight pattern to examine the scene more closely. The erratic flapping of his leathery wings sounded like a tarp blowing in the wind. Faith’s cover provided some protection but not nearly enough to hide me completely. Glancing out from beneath the shadow of her wing I watched as the Gorewing passed overhead with a sinister glare in our direction. For a moment I was sure he spotted me, the gleaming yellow of his eyes connecting with mine. But to my surprise, he continued across the meadow and out of sight. How had he missed us? We were only 30 feet away at most from where he flew by! Maybe Thunderbirds are common around this area.

“Whew,” I sighed in relief. “That was close. I thought we were in for it.”

Stepping out from the safety of Faith’s wing I turned around, expecting to hop up into the saddle. To my surprise, she had disappeared altogether. The only thing that remained behind me was the dead carcass of the fish she had eaten. Had she flown away without me? I looked skyward to spot any sign of my only ride but she was nowhere to be seen.

“Faith!” I called out. A beak and yellow eye popped out of nowhere, hovering in midair only a few feet from where I stood.

“Craaaa,” came the floating beak’s response. I toppled backward and fell to the ground in shock.

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