Journey to the Lost Tomb (The Rowan & Ella Time Travel Adventure Series, Book 2) by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Author:Susan Kiernan-Lewis [Kiernan-Lewis, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

It was so much easier than she had imagined. Ella spent a few minutes playing with the children as she normally did, then scooped up one of the goatskin bags of water that hung where the camels and horses were tethered to a line. The women relaxed when their men were gone and settled into what looked like a good old-fashioned gossip session around the fire, which was always going.

Ella crept over to the largest horse. While she hated the bigger target he made, she thought he would be able to survive longer and go further than the others. She spent ten precious minutes watering him before untying his reins and leading him silently into the bushes. While her heart pounded and her ears seemed to pick up every sound on the wind, no one came after her.

When she thought she was far enough away, she climbed up on a large rock and onto the giant gelding’s back. There was no saddle. She saw the sun struggling ever skyward and paused to wrap a filthy hijab around her head. She still wore the blouse of her khaki riding outfit. The buttons were gone from the day Gita had examined her but she tied the tail of it at her midriff. Unfortunately, she was barefoot, as she had lost her shoes the day the Bedouin gang found her and Julia in the desert.

Seeing that the sun was rising in front of her, Ella turned the horse toward the east where she knew the river must lie.

She put the horse into a trot over the irregular, rocky ground. As she rode, she envisioned the river just over the next rise—although she knew it would be hours before she could possibly hope to see it. She tried to picture the look on Rowan’s face when she told him they were expecting a baby. She imagined the conversation between them. Surely, a baby would eradicate whatever hold Carol had on him. Surely, a baby would erase the doubts and second-guessing that had crept into their relationship.

And surely a baby would force him to forgive her for disappearing for three weeks without a word. Had it only been three weeks? It seemed like a lifetime. She was astonished at how quickly she had adapted to this time.

Ella came to a flat rocky terrain lined by scrub brushes. The sun was directly overhead now and the heat beat down on her like a mallet. She slowed her horse. As anxious as she was to get to the river, it wouldn’t do to kill the beast in the process. He was already drenched with sweat.

That’s not good, she thought. We’re both of us losing so much fluid and it can’t be fully noon yet. She wiped her face with her sleeve and was appalled to see that her sleeve was damp with perspiration. A line of sweat dribbled down from her brow from under her scarf. She halted the animal so that she could retch but she was too afraid to climb down for fear she would never get back on him.

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