Quest for the Beast by Sarah Holman

Author:Sarah Holman [Holman, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah Holman
Published: 2015-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

“Where is Wolf?” Philip asked the next morning as they all sat around, eating some dried fruit Nelson had passed around.

“Left,” Nelson said.

“What? Why did he do that?” Jasper said, glancing toward his sister and Chris. “Oh, great, and he even left the retarded kid with us.”

Adara wrapped a hand protectively around Chris. “Jasper, watch what you say. He isn’t deaf. He is a sweet boy who hasn’t complained at all about this trip.”

“Who asked you?” Jasper snarled.

“Hey, your sister has taken care of the kid for us and made you dinner last night, doesn’t that earn her some respect?” Nelson asked.

“I didn’t want her along in the first place. The only reason she came along is because she was afraid to be alone and thought this sounded like one of her fairy stories.”

Adara stood. “It’s not true.”

“Yes, you did,” Jasper snapped. “All you ever do is keep your head in the stupid stories these days. You don’t care about anything other than your fairy tales. You keep talking about this trip as a quest. Are you expecting to find a castle with a prince at the end of this trip?”

Adara felt she could hold her temper in no longer. “I wasn’t the foolish one. You are the one that wanted to follow a complete stranger into the woods for the promise of a reward. You ought to be glad I came. I brought the supplies that none of you thought to, including enough food to actually last another day.”

“You never want to do what I want to because your head is always stuck in one of your books.”

Adara wanted to shout something hurtful back, but his arrow had pierced her heart. Was it true? Had she become so obsessed with her books that she hadn’t been there for her brother? Had her treasure become the fairy stories instead of God and the people he had placed in her life? She thought over the week they had been alone at their house and remembered how she had enjoyed the time to read, and had ignored Jasper.

“Jasper, I’m sorry…”

“Don’t! Just don’t! Just leave me alone and keep your retarded friend out of my way.” Jasper got up and headed toward the creek, Philip following close behind. Nelson lingered with her for a moment before following them.

“What have I done, Lord?” Adara asked. “I think my heart is in the wrong place.”

The day of traveling passed in a blur. Adara thought over how she had treated her brother. While he was being unkind to her at the moment, she realized that she had ignored him and let her fairy tales carry her away into her own world. She thought of the long neglected Bible at the bottom of her pack.

When they stopped for the midday meal, she took a piece of jerky and went away from the group and read a psalm her father had used to read to her when she had done something wrong.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

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