Queen of Shadowthorn by Tony Abbott

Author:Tony Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Eric turned on his heel and ran blindly in the night, then nearly choked when he realized he was running straight for Zara’s tent.

He stopped short and turned.

“No!” he cried out. “You can’t! You can’t!”

But it was too late. Ko had seen Zara’s tent.

With a flick of his massive fist, Ko thrust the boy aside like a rag doll. Eric hit his head on a rock and was out for a moment. When he came to, Ko and his Ninns were ripping fiercely at the tent. It happened in flashes of green fire and yelling. There was a baby’s scream, a groan of pain, then it was over.

“Back to Droon with the queen and her son!” cried Ko, cradling the limp forms of Zara and Sparr in two arms, while pounding his chest in a howl of terrifying joy with the others. Moments later he and his Ninns descended the Dark Stair and were gone.

“No!” Eric cried, staring at the tent, its posts broken, its silks tattered. He knew that Urik and Galen were frozen in a trance inside the tent. When they came out of it, they would search Pesh for their mother, not knowing she had been spirited away to Droon.

Eric fell to his knees and slammed the ground with his fists. “No! No! Why?”

But it had already happened. It was over.

His heart heavy, full of anger, he knew he could do nothing but continue his mission. He turned away from the foothills and ran all the way back to Pesh. He knew the weight of silver in his hand was magical. He could feel it pulsing in his palm. He knew it was Salamandra’s magic and not his own that allowed him to enter Pesh unseen and walk the streets as if he were invisible. Twice he thought goblins had spotted him, only to walk on unhindered.

Unseen, he entered the dark palace; unseen, he found Galen’s dungeon. He unlocked the heavy door and led the wizard through the narrow passages. When Galen emerged from the palace, Eric was already running ahead into the shadowy streets.

“You have done well,” Galen said when they finally reached the spot where they had entered Pesh.

Eric breathed deeply, then hung his head. “Let’s just get out of here.”

The wizard held him by the shoulder. “Eric, your face tells me you could do nothing.”

“Wrong,” said Eric angrily. “I did do something! I led Ko right to your tent! I did it! I did it! It’s all my fault —”

Galen turned away for a moment. “You …” Then he shook his head. “No. It happened as it had to happen. If you had had your powers, you might have tried to stop Ko. You might have alerted my brother, my mother, me. You and I would now be strangers. You would not have become the wizard you are!”

Eric’s heart thumped in anger. “Well, I’m not a wizard! I’m nothing now —”

“As if flashy powers make a wizard!” said Galen, with a hint of a smile on his lips.

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