Into Eden: Pangaea - Book 1 by Augustus Frank

Author:Augustus, Frank [Augustus, Frank]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-16T23:00:00+00:00

The next morning Seth drove Jesse and Enoch in his carriage to the mountain way-station to see them off.

“I’ve enjoyed our time together, Jesse. Despite all of our travails along the way.”

“And I enjoyed having you with me. I couldn’t have killed that lion without you.”

“Jesse…” Seth spoke haltingly, searching for the right words to say, “I do wish that you would reconsider your course. Eden is dangerous beyond all imagination for a human. And it’s not just the monsters in the jungle that you have to be afraid of. An-nef don’t take kindly to humans. I’m afraid that you will not have long to live when you are spotted. Many an-nef are not as congenial as Lawrence.”

“I know that better than most, Seth. Thank you for your concern. But my cause is just. The gods will take care of me.”

Again Seth hesitated, not knowing what to say. At last he spoke to Enoch, “Take care of the young man, will you?”

“You betcha, Seth! I’ll treat him as I would my own son.” Enoch winked at Jesse, who tried to stifle a smile. He remembered how Enoch said that he had treated his sons.

“Farewell, Seth,” Jesse said at last.

“No. I think that it’s just, ‘Goodbye.’ Till we meet again!”

The two shook hands and Jesse stepped down from the carriage to wait for the coach. He watched Seth ride away and wondered when—or if—he would see his friend again. In a few minutes Lawrence came out of the way-station, impeccably dressed, and ready to conclude his journey to Mountain Shadows. Behind him a human carried a large chest covered in leather.

“You can just set it anywhere,” Lawrence told him.

The man sat the chest next to the road and Lawrence reached into his purse and pulled out a few coppers and handed them to the man.

“Thank-you sir! Thank-you!” The man said exuberantly as he made a small bow to the wolf-head.

“You are very welcome.”

In a moment the last rider of the day joined Jesse and Lawrence. He was a jackal-head, nicely dressed like Lawrence and wore spectacles that stretched back up and looped over his pointed ears. Jesse felt the same mixture of fear and hate that he had first felt when he had met Lawrence, but since they would be spending the day riding together Jesse decided that he’d better be friendly to the an-nef and so he extended his hand.

“The name’s Jesse. And your’s?”

The jackal-head did not reciprocate his overture, but just snarled and said, “Children don’t speak unless spoken to!”

“Pleased to see you again, Jesse,” Lawrence said.

“Please to see you, Lawrence.”

By then the coach had arrived, and the three of them, including Enoch, started to get in.

“Dogs aren’t allowed in the coach,” snapped the driver.

Jesse handed the man a coin.

“Unless accompanied by a human,” the driver concluded.

Enoch hopped up into the coach.

“I refuse to ride with some smelly dog!” complained the jackal-head.

“And I refuse to ride with some smelly jackal-head!” countered Enoch.

For a moment the driver said nothing, but just stared at Enoch.

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