Lily and the Unicorn King by Kate Gordon

Author:Kate Gordon [Gordon, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780473451233
Publisher: Relish Books
Published: 2019-07-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Beach! Beach! Beach!” Liam shouted as he thudded down the hall.

“Oh, no!” Lily fell out of bed, her legs tangled in the sheet, and landed on top of Sasha on the camp bed.

“Ouch!”

“Sorry! Get up! We have to stop them.” Lily hissed. “The unicorns need to keep watch at our beach. They can’t have humans in the way.” She ran out of her bedroom door, leaving Sasha and Chloe to scramble after her.

“Morning, love.” Dad strode into the hall to scoop Liam into his arms, the toddler screaming with delight.

“Uh, hi, Dad. Are you going to the beach?”

“Ask your mum. She was talking about it.” He headed into Liam’s room. “You girls better go and get breakfast while I dress this monster.”

“Not monster!” Liam protested.

“You’re a ticklish monster!” Dad laughed as he tickled Liam. The toddler’s giggles echoed along the hall as Dad took him into his bedroom.

“Come on.” Lily saw the girls were up. She dressed quickly, and they ran into the kitchen filled with the Sunday morning smell of bacon.

Lily’s tummy rumbled as she wrapped Kuia in a hug. “Morning, Kuia.”

“Hello, my darling.” Kuia smiled her wrinkly smile. “And how are you this morning? And your friends?”

“Good, thanks.” Tired, actually, but you’ll ask why if I say that. And I’m worried for the unicorns and scared about tonight too. But I guess I’m not lying because I am happy that we found the unicorns somewhere safe to go and they’re going there tonight...

“How many eggs, Lily?” Mum asked from the stove. “What about you, Sasha? Chloe?”

“One, please, Mum.” She sat down beside Kuia who poured her a mug of milky tea.

“Same, thanks, Mrs Masterton,” Chloe replied.

“Two for me, please,” Sasha added as she joined Chloe opposite Lily. “Beach! Ask!” she mouthed at Lily, who waved her hand in a ‘slow down’ kind of way.

Lily passed bowls from the pile at the end of the table. “Do you want cereal and yogurt?”

The girls started eating as Liam ran in, wearing just his swimming togs, Dad close behind.

Sasha’s eyes went wide in alarm. “It’s a bit cold for togs, isn’t it?” her voice squeaked.

Lily swallowed a mouthful. “Are you going to the beach, Mum?”

“Liam wants to, as you can see.” Mum put a plate piled with toast on the table. “I’ve tried to explain we need to wait until late morning for the best tide, but you know what he’s like.”

Lily tried to smile as Dad caught Liam and put him in the highchair, but a sick feeling grew in her stomach. They needed to keep her family away from their private beach, but how?

Then, an idea.

“How about we go to Whale Bay beach for a change, Mum? It has that lovely shallow bit that’s great for Liam. I could look after him if you want to go for a long swim.” Lily’s mother used to compete in triathlons and still liked to swim, bike and run to keep fit.

Sasha grinned at Lily and gave her a quick thumbs up.

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