Portals of Infinity: Bridge of Sighs by John Van Stry

Author:John Van Stry [Stry, John Van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Amazon: B0BLKMJB4P
Published: 2022-11-04T04:00:00+00:00

Six hours later, well after dinner and just after the sun had sunk below the horizon, one of the guards came and found me as I was preparing to bed down for the night with the girls.

"William, it seems an elven steed has shown up down on the dock."

"One has?" I said surprised.

"Yes, sir, one has."

"Well, guess I should go talk to him, then," I said, getting up and heading for the door.

"Aren't you going to take any weapons?" Kani asked me.

"It's just a horse, Kani."

"A very fast horse that just might take you for a ride," she pointed out.

I shrugged, grabbed my harness, and shrugged into it as I walked out to the deck, and then down to the gangplank to the dock. I wasn't wearing much beyond a loincloth; I'd been getting ready for bed. Then again, other than a tunic and a pouch to carry some coin and other odds and ends, I rarely wore all that much if I wasn't going off on a mission of some sort.

I spotted him as soon as I hit the dock, as he was at the end of it. It was definitely the one from before, and he watched me as I strode towards him. He was a beautiful specimen, and he wasn't wearing a bridal or a saddle.

"Is he really that bad?" I said, coming up to him.

He shook his head no.

"Then why are you here?"

He turned sideways and sidestepped until I was right beside him. It wasn't hard to figure out.

"You want me to mount up so you can take me someplace in the dark?"

He nodded his head.

"And why in the world should I do that?"

He looked at me, turned, lowered his head, and pushed me in the chest. Not hard, but I'd been around horses for so many years now that I knew it was a friendly gesture.

"Fine," I sighed. "Just don't make me regret this. I've got enough regrets already this month."

He whinnied and turned his side back to me, and I jumped up, landing on his back. I grabbed the base of his mane to steady myself, slid forward as I stuck out my legs to keep my balance, and noticed we were already well away from the docks and accelerating quickly. I had to bend forward as the wind picked up. We were easily doing sixty miles per hour, possibly more. I was surprised at how smooth the ride was, even more than how fast. I wasn't a big fan of riding bareback, because it didn't just hurt the rider; the horse usually didn't enjoy it either. However, he didn't seem to mind, so I tried not to as well.

We rode for quite a while. I didn't have a watch, so it could have been a half-hour, or it could have been longer. We'd entered a forest some time ago, and as he slowed, I could see a clearing up ahead. When he stepped into it, he stopped and whinnied.

"Got it," I said, and leaning back, I swung a leg over and slid off onto the ground.

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