Iron Seeds (Legend of the Iron Flower Book 8) by Wong Billy

Author:Wong, Billy [Wong, Billy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The family headed for Clifford's home in the southwest corner of Masel and thus also Kayland as a whole, hoping the knight would be willing to give them at least the aid of lending them his shield until their conflict with Justin was done. He was known for his altruism despite being one of the poorest landed nobles in the country, so they dared to be optimistic. As long as Justin didn't catch up to them before they found him...

Amber felt a little guilty about leaving the magic center in Gustrone undefended, but they had evacuated the place of people and the most important books; besides, the crafty demon lord would more likely procure texts for his own use than destroy them. What worried her more was the possibility of Justin looking for them at the homes of people they were acquainted with, like Derrick among others. Sure, they'd sent letters of warning to everyone they could, but mail wasn't always reliable, and who knew where Justin would go first and how fast he'd get there? She hoped nobody else got hurt for their feud, after so many innocent lives had already been lost due to the demon's desire to kill her and Jacob. It would never happen again, she told herself—they would destroy the monster for good this time, and avenge their fallen mother.

The trip diagonally across the nation took weeks, the tension growing every day as the siblings rode down endless roads ever fearful of hearing Justin's hateful voice behind them. Finn seemed less than frightened at that possibility, and almost appeared to look forward to a final battle with his old enemy. But didn't he want to win that battle? Seeing the intense, grim resolve which filled her father's eyes at any mention of Justin's name, Amber thought that maybe he imagined he could beat the demon by himself, even if he had to die to do it. She didn't want it to happen that way.

They finally arrived in the warm region of Masel and came into view of Clifford's house, an elegant manor surrounded by beautiful meadow. It didn't look that poor, even for nobility's standards... Conspicuously located on the edge of the field was an ugly, battered shack with a fence around it about one whole foot from its walls. Passing by the shabby structure, the group walked up to the thick manor door and knocked.

"Hello. How may I be of service to you?" asked a hefty middle-aged butler.

Amber said, "We'd like to ask your master something. Can we talk to him?"

The butler gave a curt nod. "Boots off. It wouldn't do to dirty the floors."

They went inside the well lit, thickly carpeted home and up spiraling stairs to reach the master's bedroom on the second floor. "You're Clifford?" Amber asked, staring impolitely in disbelief as she laid eyes on the hairless and near toothless ancient seated in the armchair inside. He must be over ninety years old—how the hell had he been able to adventure in the harsh north only ten years ago?

He gave a very reasonable reply.

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